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[Patients with a haematological malignancy in intensive care].
- Source :
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Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde [Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd] 2009; Vol. 153, pp. A582. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- In this case report we describe 2 patients with acute leukaemia, a 38-year-old and a 21-year-old woman who were both admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) twice for different complications of underlying disease and chemotherapy. Although the survival rates for patients with haematological malignancies requiring admission to intensive care have increased in the last two decades, many physicians are still reluctant to admit these patients to intensive care. However, 50% of these patients are successfully discharged from intensive care, regardless of age or underlying haematological disease. The length of stay in the ICU does not correlate with mortality in the ICU either. Intensive mechanical ventilation and multiple organ failure increase mortality in patients with haematological malignancies undergoing intensive treatment in an ICU.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Antineoplastic Agents adverse effects
Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Multiple Organ Failure etiology
Multiple Organ Failure mortality
Prognosis
Respiration, Artificial adverse effects
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
Critical Care statistics & numerical data
Hospitalization statistics & numerical data
Leukemia mortality
Leukemia therapy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Dutch; Flemish
- ISSN :
- 1876-8784
- Volume :
- 153
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19930742