Polymyxin B-immobilised fibre column treatment for acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients with mechanical ventilation: a nationwide observational study

Table 4 Comparison of outcomes between the PMX and mPSL alone groups after the stabilised IPTW

Logistic regression analyses of patients in the PMX and mPSL alone groups after the stabilised IPTW ^a
	Odds ratio	95% CI	p value
All patients
In-hospital mortality	1.56	0.80–3.06	0.19
14-day mortality	1.16	0.58–2.31	0.67
28-day mortality	1.38	0.86–2.20	0.18

Incidence rate ratios of length of hospital stay in the PMX and mPSL alone groups after the stabilised IPTW^b
	Incidence rate ratio	95% CI	p value
All patients
Length of hospital stay	0.94	0.78–1.13	0.52
Survivors
Length of hospital stay	1.18	0.82–1.71	0.38

PMX, polymyxin B-immobilised fibre column; mPSL, methylprednisolone; IPTW, inverse probability of treatment weighting; CI, confidence interval
^aThe odds ratio of the PMX group compared to the mPSL alone group
^bThe incidence rate ratio of the PMX group compared to the mPSL alone group

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