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Table 6 Prehospital pharmacological treatment

From: Prehospital treatment with continuous positive airway pressure in patients with acute respiratory failure: a regional observational study

 

CPAP (N = 171)

Non-CPAP (N = 739)

ρ-value

Intravenous

 Furosemide, N (%)

50 (29 %)

152 (21 %)

0.01

 Fentanyl, N (%)

29 (17 %)

88 (12 %)

0.08

Sublingual spray

 Nitroglycerine, N (%)

46 (27 %)

140 (19 %)

0.02

Inhalation

 Salbutamol, N (%)

108 (63 %)

589 (80 %)

<0.01

  1. No missing data
  2. CPAP continuous positive airway pressure