Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia admitted to intensive care: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited epidemiologic data on patients with acute myelogenous (myeloid) leukemia (AML) requiring life-sustaining therapies in the intensive care unit (ICU). Our objectives were to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes in critically ill AML patients.

Methods

This was a retrospective case-control study. Cases were defined as adult patients with a primary diagnosis of AML admitted to ICU at the University of Alberta Hospital between January 1st 2002 and June 30th 2008. Each case was matched by age, sex, and illness severity (ICU only) to two control groups: hospitalized AML controls, and non-AML ICU controls. Data were extracted on demographics, course of hospitalization, and clinical outcomes.

Results

In total, 45 AML patients with avail

SUBMITTER: Roze des Ordons AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2955611 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature