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Table 5 Summary table of findings in the network meta-analysis for post-extubation respiratory failure

From: Post-extubation oxygenation strategies in acute respiratory failure: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

  1. 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
  2. NMA-SoF table definitions
  3. *Lines represent direct comparisons
  4. **Estimates are reported as risk ratio. CI: confidence interval
  5. ***Anticipated absolute effect. Anticipated absolute effect compares two risks by calculating the difference between the risks of the intervention group with the risk of the control group
  6. ****Rank for efficacy outcome is presented. Rank statistics is defined as the probabilities that a treatment out of n treatments in a network meta-analysis is the best, the second, the third and so on until the least effective treatment
  7. GRADE Working Group grades of evidence (or certainly in the evidence)
  8. High quality: We are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect
  9. 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
  10. Low quality: Our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: The true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect
  11. 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
  12. Explanatory footnotes
  13. aConfidence interval extends into clinically important effects in both directions
  14. bConfidence interval extends into clinically important effects
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