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Table 3 Comparison of in-hospital outcomes between the two groups

From: Sequential non-invasive following short-term invasive mechanical ventilation in the treatment of tuberculosis with respiratory failure: a randomized controlled study

Parameters

Sequential MV group (n = 24)

Conventional MV group (n = 20)

MD or RR

95% CI

P value

Ventilation time (h)

87.7 ± 36.0

87.0 ± 32.3

0.7

− 19.5, 20.9

0.946

Invasive mechanical ventilation time (h)

50.8 ± 25.3

87.0 ± 32.3

− 36.2

− 53.6, − 18.8

 < 0.001

VAP (%)

8 (33.3)

15 (75.0)

0.44

0.24, 0.83

0.006

Atelectasis (%)

7 (29.2)

12 (60.0)

0.49

0.24, 1.00

0.040

ICU stay (d)

5.5 ± 2.6

4.4 ± 1.4

1.1

− 0.1, 2.3

0.086

VAS score

6.5 ± 1.1

7.7 ± 1.1

− 1.2

− 1.9, − 0.6

 < 0.001

Total cost (thousand RMB)

50 ± 22

63 ± 20

− 13

− 25, − 1

0.045

  1. MV mechanical ventilation, MD mean difference, RR relative risk, CI confidence interval, VAP ventilator-associated pneumonia, VAS visual analogue scale