Trends in mortality from infection among patients with hematologic malignancies: differences according to hematologic malignancy subtype.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infection is the most important cause of non-relapse mortality in hematologic malignancy patients, leading to increased costs and prolonged hospitalization times. However, comprehensive and comparable reports on infection-specific mortality (ISM) trends in hematologic malignancy patients are lacking.

Objectives

We aimed to provide updated ISM trends and factors associated with ISM among hematologic malignancy patients.

Design

This is a retrospective study.

Methods

Patients diagnosed with the five most common hematologic malignancies from 1983 to 2016 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database were included. Joinpoint regression was used to analyze mortality trends.

Results

ISM decreased beginning in 1983, 1988, and 1994, wit

SUBMITTER: Yin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10288445 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature