Short-term and medium-term survival of critically ill patients with solid tumours admitted to the intensive care unit: a retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients with cancer frequently require unplanned admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Our objectives were to assess hospital and 180-day mortality in patients with a non-haematological malignancy and unplanned ICU admission and to identify which factors present on admission were the best predictors of mortality.

Design

Retrospective review of all patients with a diagnosis of solid tumours following unplanned admission to the ICU between 1 August 2008 and 31 July 2012.

Setting

Single centre tertiary care hospital in London (UK).

Participants

300 adult patients with non-haematological solid tumours requiring unplanned admission to the ICU.

Interventions

None.

Primary and secondary outcomes

Hospital and 180-day survival.

Results

SUBMITTER: Fisher R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5073479 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature