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Table 2 Clinical outcomes (primary and secondary) of the study population

From: Ultrasound-assessed diaphragmatic impairment is a predictor of outcomes in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing noninvasive ventilation

 

Diaphragmatic function

 

Outcome

Overall

DD+

DD−

Relative risk

p Value

NIV failure

26 (35%)

18 (75%)

8 (16%)

4.4 (2.3–8.7)

<  0.0001

RICU mortality

16 (21%)

10 (42%)

6 (12%)

3.1 (1.3–7.7)

0.007

In-hospital mortality

19 (25%)

11 (46%)

8 (16%)

2.7 (1.3–5.7)

0.02

90-day mortality

29 (39%)

14 (58%)

15 (29%)

1.8 (1.1–3.1)

0.04

Tracheostomy

7 (9%)

5 (21%)

2 (3.9%)

5 (1.2–21)

0.04

MV duration, days

10 (3–11)

16 (5.5–18.8)

8 (2–9)

2 (1.4–3.3)

0.03

ICU stay, days

14 (6–17)

17 (8–21)

12 (7–16)

2.8 (1.5–4.2)

0.012

Hospital stay, days

21 (10–23)

21 (10–23)

22 (10–24)

1.1 (0.5–1.3)

n.s. (0.9)

  1. Abbreviations: DD Diaphragmatic dysfunction, NIV Noninvasive ventilation, RICU Respiratory intensive care unit, MV Mechanical ventilation
  2. Data are presented as number and percent for dichotomous values or mean and IQR for continuous values