Table 3.

Clinical outcomes of all patients receiving high-flow nasal cannula therapy those with and without epistaxis

Variable	Total n = 70	Epistaxis n = 7	No epistaxis n = 63	p value
Need of mechanical ventilation after HFNC therapy	33 (47.1)	3 (42.9)	30 (47.6)	1
ICU mortality	30 (42.9)	3 (42.9)	27 (42.9)	1
ICU length-of-stay (days)	12 [7 - 22]	21 [6 - 22]	12 [7 - 20.5]	0.92
In-hospital mortality	40 (57.1)	4 (57.1)	36 (57.1)	1
In-hospital length-of-stay (days)	28.5 [16 - 48.5]	28 [15 - 33]	29 [16.5 - 49.5]	0.41

HFNC - high-flow nasal cannula; ICU - intensive care unit. Results expressed as n (%) or median [interquartile range].