Mortality of patients with cancer admitted to intensive care unit

The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care
Silvio A Ñamendys-SilvaAngel Herrera-Gómez

Abstract

Outcomes of critically ill cancer patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) had improved; it could be associated with medical advances in critical care, introduction of new anticancer treatments, and better supportive care. Recent reports have described ICU mortality for critically ill cancer patients ranged from 15.9% to 32%. During the period 2007 to 2011, a total of 1418 critically ill cancer patients were admitted to our ICU with a mortality rate lower (17.5%) than that reported by other centers. The ICUs around the world should consider the improvement in the prognosis of critically ill cancer patients who require critical care and they should not be denied ICU admission only on the basis of a patient having cancer.

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Oct 10, 2013·Journal of Advanced Nursing·Renee McLeod-Sordjan
Nov 3, 2016·BioMed Research International·Bertha M Córdova-SánchezSilvio A Ñamendys-Silva
Dec 22, 2014·International Journal of Infectious Diseases : IJID : Official Publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases·P Cornejo-JuárezP Volkow-Fernández

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