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Table 3 VRI image characteristics in AECOPD patients before NPPV treatment and after NPPV treatment

From: Vibration response imaging: a novel noninvasive tool for evaluating the initial therapeutic effect of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

TP

VCG

DIG

MEFG

EVPG

RG

AVRIS

QLDD

T1

3.08 ± 0.92

7.75 ± 1.65

4.21 ± 1.25

2.41 ± 1.12

0.79 ± 0.29

18.13 ± 3.67

0.34 ± 37.44

T2

2.75 ± 1.15

5.83 ± 2.39

2.88 ± 1.59

1.46 ± 0.67

0.83 ± 0.31

13.16 ± 3.67

4.11 ± 32.61

T4

2.78 ± 0.51

6.51 ± 0.58

4.25 ± 0.85

1.75 ± 0.51

0.75 ± 0.31

15.25 ± 1.26

2.89 ± 35.45

F

1.39

5.64

5.76

5.98

0.29

6.18

4.33

P

0.26

<0.01 a, b c

<0.01 a,b

<0.01 a,b,c

0.75

<0.01 a,b,c

0.02 a, b

  1. Post hoc: aP < 0.05 (T2 vs. T1); bP < 0.05 (T4 vs. T2), cP < 0.05 (T4 vs.T1).
  2. Abbreviation: TP = Time point, T1 = Before NPPV treatment, T2 = at 15 min of NPPV treatment, T4 = at 15 min after the end of NPPV treatment, VC Score = Score of vibration curve, DI Score = Grading of dynamic image, MEF Score = Score of maximal energy frame image, EVPG = Grading of expiratory vibration energy peak, RG = Grading of rales, AVRIS = Abnormal VRI score, QLDD = The QLD changes between the right and left lungs.