Characteristics of Obese Patients with Acute Hypercapnia Respiratory Failure Admitted in the Department of Pneumology: An Observational Study of a North African Population

Table 3

Discharge instrumental respiratory therapy in the overall population, in men, in women, in patients with malignant OHS, and patients with nonmalignant OHS.

	Total ()	Male ()	Female ()		Nonmalignant OHS ()	Malignant OHS ()
LTOT (%)	9 (21.4)	0 (0)	9 (28.1)	0.09	7 (25)	2 (14.3)	0.69
CPAP (%)	16 (38.1)	4 (40)	12 (37.5)	1	11 (39.3)	5 (35.7)	0.82
CPAP + LTOT , (%)	2 (4.8)	0 (0)	2 (6.3)	1	2 (7.1)	0 (0)	0.54
BiPAP , (%)	26 (61.9)	6 (60)	20 (62.5)	1	17 (60.7)	9 (64.3)	0.82
BiPAP+ LTOT; , (%)	7 (16.7)	0 (0)	7 (21.9)	0.17	5 (17.9)	2 (14.3)	1

: value; OHS: obesity hypoventilation syndrome; LTOT: long-term oxygen therapy; CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure; BiPAP: bilevel positive airway pressure.