Figures & data
Table 1 Baseline and ICU admission characteristics as well as outcomes of patients with COPD and acute respiratory failure admitted to the respiratory ICU in 1991–1995, when CPAP was commonly used as a primary treatment modality
Table 2 Baseline and ICU admission characteristics as well as outcomes of patients with COPD and acute respiratory failure admitted to the general medical ICU in another hospital in 1991–1995, compared with patients receiving CPAP in 1991–1995 in the respiratory ICU in the chest hospital
Table 3 Baseline and intensive care unit (ICU) admission characteristics as well as outcomes of patients with COPD and acute respiratory failure admitted to the respiratory ICU in 1985–1988, compared with patients receiving CPAP in 1991–1995 in the same ICU
Table 4 Adjusted odds of death or secondary intubation from multivariate logistic regression
Table 5 Baseline and ICU admission characteristics as well as course in ICU among patients treated with CPAP: comparing those who required intubation (failed CPAP) with those who did not (success)