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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
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