Clinical characteristics and outcomes among critically ill patients with cancer and COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected individuals worldwide, and patients with cancer are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19-related severe illness, respiratory failure, and mortality. The relationship between COVID-19 and cancer remains a critical concern, and a comprehensive investigation of the factors affecting survival among patients with cancer who develop COVID-19-related respiratory failure is warranted. We aim to compare the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure in patients with and without underlying cancer, while analyzing factors affecting in-hospital survival among cancer patients.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective observational study at Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan from May to Septembe

SUBMITTER: Liao YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10789018 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature