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Table 4 The parameters for laryngoscopy

From: Comparison of hypoxemia, intubation procedure, and complications for non-invasive ventilation against high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a non-randomized retrospective analysis for effectiveness and safety (NIVaHIC-aHRF)

Parameters

Cohorts

Comparisons between cohorts

NIV

HCO

Procedure for oxygenation and ventilation

Non-invasive ventilation

High-flow nasal cannula oxygen

Patients included in the analysis

154

161

p-value

Time duration of laryngoscopy (min)

  < 1

87 (56)

96 (59)

0.847

 1–3

52 (34)

51 (32)

  > 3

15 (10)

14 (9)

Number of laryngoscopies attempts

 1

123 (80)

126 (78)

0.804

 2

23 (15)

28 (18)

  ≥ 3 or procedural time ≥ 10 min

8 (5)

7 (4)

  1. Variables are reported as frequency (percentages)
  2. The Fischer exact test was performed for statistical analysis
  3. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant