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Table 5 Intubation scoring items

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)

Scoring items

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

MACOCHA score

 < 3

123 (80)

134 (83)

0.469

 ≥ 3

31 (20)

27 (17)

Modified Cormack-Lehane grade

 I, IIA, or IIB

139 (90)

144 (89)

0.854

 III or IV

15 (10)

17 (11)

Intubation Difficulty Scale score

 0–2

15 (10)

14 (9)

0.733

 3–4

87 (57)

98 (61)

 ≥ 5

52 (34)

49 (30)

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