BACKGROUND: Postoperative care for major elective cancer surgery is frequently provided
on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). OBJECTIVE: To analyze the characteristics and outcome of …

The aim of this study was to obtain insight into which proportion of cancer patients is
admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and how their survival, demographic, and clinical …

Purpose The study was aimed to describe the characteristics of cancer patients admitted to
the oncological ICU and to identify clinical features associated with outcomes. Methods This …

Importance Within the surgical population admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), cancer is a
common condition. However, clinicians can be reluctant to admit patients with cancer to …

Background At intensive care unit (ICU) admission, the issue about prognosis of critically ill
cancer patients is of clinical interest, especially after ICU discharge. Our objective was to …

Background. Acute admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) of cancer patients is
considered with increasing frequency due to a better life expectancy and more aggressive …

Objective To analyze the factors influencing in-hospital mortality among cancer patients
admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Design A retrospective observational study was …

Background: Advances in oncological care have led to improved short-and long-term
prognosis of cancer patients but admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) remains …

Major surgeries are a common reason for intensive care unit (ICU) admission, with varying
practices [1–3]; 8–10% of all major surgical patients are admitted to an ICU [1, 2], with a …

BACKGROUND Whether the routine use of the ICU after major elective surgery improves
postoperative outcomes is not well established. OBJECTIVES To describe the association …