NPPV vs oxygen therapy
Rate of intubation · adults (aged > 17 years) with acute respiratory failure after upper abdominal surgery
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) may leads to lower rate of tracheal Intubation 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 0.25 [0.08, 0.83]2 studies · 269 participantsLow