Advances in the management of malignancies and organ failures have led to substantial
increases in survival as well as in the number of cancer patients requiring intensive care unit …

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical characteristics and
outcomes of patients with cancer requiring nonpalliative ventilatory support. METHODS This …

NIV is an important adjunct to medications for patients with intractable dyspnea. Future
research should attempt to clarify the effectiveness of NIV at controlling dyspnea within and …

Objective The objective of this study is to identify factors predicting intensive care unit (ICU)
mortality in cancer patients admitted to a medical ICU. Patients and methods We conducted …

Purpose To explore trends over time in admission prevalence and (risk-adjusted) mortality of
critically ill haematological patients and compare these trends to those of several subgroups …

Introduction Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is the main reason for intensive care unit (ICU)
admissions in patients with hematologic malignancies (HMs). We report the first series of …

Prognostic factors and outcomes of cancer patients with acute organ failure receiving
chemotherapy (CT) in the intensive care unit (ICU) are still incompletely described. We …

Purpose Multicentre data are limited to appraise the management and prognosis of critically
ill human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. We sought to describe temporal …

Introduction Delirium and coma are a frequent source of morbidity for ICU patients. Several
factors are associated with the prognosis of mechanically ventilated (MV) cancer patients …

Objective The objective of the study is to determine the 28-day mortality of critically ill cancer
patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Design This is a retrospective …