- NMA network meta-analysis, NPPV noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation, HFNC high-flow nasal cannula, COT conventional oxygen therapy, SOF summary of findings, SUCRA surface under the cumulative ranking
- NMA-SoF table definitions
- *Lines represent direct comparisons
- **Estimates are reported as risk ratio. CI: confidence interval
- ***Anticipated absolute effect. Anticipated absolute effect compares two risks by calculating the difference between the risks in the intervention and control groups
- ****Rank for efficacy outcomes is presented. Rank statistics are defined as the probabilities that one treatment out of n treatments in a network meta-analysis is the best, the second best, the third best, and so on, until the least effective treatment
- GRADE Working Group grades of evidence (or certainty in the evidence)
- High quality: We are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect
- Moderate quality: We are moderately confident in the effect estimate: The true effect is likely close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different
- Low quality: Our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: The true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect
- Very low quality: We have very little confidence in the effect estimate: The true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate effect
- Explanatory Footnotes
- aConfidence interval extends into clinically important effects
- bConfidence interval extends into clinically important effects in both directions