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Table 6 The immediate complications during intubation procedure

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)

Complications 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
Use of alternative management devices 17 (11) 23 (14) 0.403
Agitation 2 (1) 1 (1) 0.616
At least one episode of systolic arterial hypotension < 90 mmHg 71 (46) 83 (52) 0.368
Bradycardia 3 (2) 5 (3) 0.724
Sustained arrhythmia 4 (3) 3 (2) 0.718
Esophageal intubation 9 (6) 8 (5) 0.806
Regurgitation 1 (1) 2 (1) 0.998
Gastric distension 12 (8) 11 (7) 0.829
Injuries in the oral cavity 1 (1) 2 (1) 0.998
New infiltrate on chest radiograph 29 (19) 33 (20) 0.777
Cardiac arrest 2 (1) 8 (5) 0.105
  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
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