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Table 2 League table for networks of respiratory support methods

From: Preventive use of respiratory support after scheduled extubation in critically ill medical patients—a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Re-intubation rate (RR with 95% CI)

COT

0.55 (0.35, 0.86)

0.55 (0.39, 0.77)

0.31 (0.14, 0.70)

 

HFOT

1.00 (0.64, 1.54)

0.57 (0.29, 1.12)

  

NIV

0.57 (0.26, 1.28)

   

HFOT + NIV

Short-term mortality (RR with 95% CI)

COT

0.79 (0.56, 1.12)

0.66 (0.48, 0.91)

0.83 (0.50, 1.36)

 

HFOT

0.84 (0.63, 1.10)

1.05 (0.73, 1.50)

  

NIV

1.25 (0.79, 1.98)

   

HFOT + NIV

Post-extubation respiratory failure (RR with 95% CI)

COT

0.46 (0.25, 0.84)

0.45 (0.27, 0.78)

0.32 (0.09, 1.12)

 

HFOT

0.99 (0.50, 1.97)

0.71 (0.24, 2.09)

  

NIV

0.71 (0.20, 2.56)

   

HFOT + NIV

Length of ICU stay (MD with 95%CI)

COT

− 1.59 (− 4.25, 1.06)

− 1.62 (− 3.68, 0.44)

− 0.59 (− 6.88, 5.69)

 

HFOT

− 0.03 (− 2.63, 2.58)

1.00 (− 4.70, 6.70)

  

NIV

1.03 (− 5.24, 7.30)

   

HFOT + NIV

Length of in-hospital stay (MD with 95%CI)

COT

− 1.15 (− 2.30, 0.00)

0.61 (− 1.68, 2.89)

0.85 (− 2.29, 4.00)

 

HFOT

1.75 (− 0.55, 4.06)

2.00 (− 0.93, 4.93)

  

NIV

0.25 (− 3.48, 3.97)

   

HFOT + NIV

  1. The column treatment is compared with the row treatment. Numbers in parentheses are the 95% CI
  2. COT conventional oxygen therapy, NIV noninvasive ventilation, HFOT high-flow oxygen therapy, ICU intensive care unit, RR risk ratio, MD mean difference, CI confidence interval