NPPV vs oxygen therapy
Hospital mortality · adults (aged > 17 years) with acute respiratory failure after upper abdominal surgery
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) showed no clear difference in hospital mortality compared with oxygen therapy (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for acute respiratory failure following upper abdominal surgery 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.14 [0.01, 2.71]1 study · 209 participantsLow