Comparison of Comfort and Effectiveness of Total Face Mask and Oronasal Mask in Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure: A Clinical Trial

Table 5

Acceptance score, NPPV total time, intubation rate, and mortality rate in the two groups.

	TFM	ONM	value
	N = 24	N = 24
Mean VAS score	3.13 ± 0.92	3.37 ± 0.92	0.255^†
NPPV total time	6.52 ± 3.24	8.71 ± 4.75	0.141^†
Intubation	1 (4.2%)	2 (8.7%)	0.609
Death	1 (4.2%)	1 (4.2%)	>0.999

^†Mann–Whitney U test.