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SUBMITTER: Huang CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223827 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Cheng-Chi CC Muo Chih-Hsin CH Wu Tain-Fung TF Chi Tung-Yun TY Shen Te-Chun TC Hsia Te-Chun TC Shih Chuen-Ming CM
Internal and emergency medicine 20200330 1
Acute respiratory failure (RF) is a life-threatening syndrome. This study investigated the application of two major clinical strategies, non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) and invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), in the first episode of acute RF. Data from the longitudinal health insurance database, which included 1,000,000 insured citizens, were used. The NIV group consisted of 1201 patients and the IMV group consisted of 16,072 patients. Chi-square test and t test were applied to dete ...[more]