Characteristics and outcomes of patients with solid tumors receiving chemotherapy in the intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The objective of this study was to evaluate the short- and long-term outcomes of adult patients with solid tumors receiving chemotherapy in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods

This was a retrospective single-center study comparing the outcomes of patients with solid tumors who received chemotherapy in the ICU with a matched cohort of ICU patients (by age, sex, and tumor type) who did not receive chemotherapy. Conditional logistic regression and shared frailty Cox regression were used to assess short-term (ICU and hospital) mortality and death by 12-month post-hospital discharge, respectively.

Results

Seventy-three patients with solid tumors who received chemotherapy in the ICU were successfully matched. The most common solid tumors included thoracic (30%),

SUBMITTER: Shaz DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8286144 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature