From: Epidemiology of noninvasive mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory failure - a retrospective population-based study
Odds ratio
Lower 95%
Upper 95%
P Value
Age
0.972
0.925
1.016
0.208
APACHE III Score
1.044
1.001
1.094
0.045
ALI/ARDS
33.15
7.539
205.033
<0.001
COPD
0.466
0.022
3.739
0.498
Caucasian
1.104
0.179
7.654
0.916
CHF
1.455
0.22
9.12
0.687