Tens of thousands of patients undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
annually, 15 to 40% of whom are admitted to the intensive care unit. Pulmonary …

Objective: To assess the outcome of adult hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
recipients who were admitted to a medical ICU (MICU), and to identify the measurable …

Introduction Infection is an important complication in cancer patients, which frequently leads
to or prolongs hospitalization, and can also lead to acute organ dysfunction (severe sepsis) …

Objective When a cancer patient becomes critically ill, mechanical ventilation (MV) is often
considered futile. However, recent studies have found that outcomes of critically ill cancer …

Purpose To evaluate the outcome of cancer patients considered for admission to the
intensive care unit (ICU). Patients and Methods Prospective, one-year hospital-wide study of …

Outcome and early prognostic indicators in patients with a h... : Critical Care Medicine
Outcome and early prognostic indicators in patients with a hematologic malignancy …

Purpose Although chemotherapy and transplantation improve outcome of patients with
hematological malignancy, complications of these therapies are responsible for a 20–50 …

Purpose Because the overall outcome of critically ill hematologic patients has improved, we
evaluated the short-term and long-term outcomes of the poor risk subgroup of allogeneic …

Prognosis of hematologic malignancies does not predict inten... : Critical Care Medicine
Prognosis of hematologic malignancies does not predict intensive care unit mortality : Critical …

Acute renal failure (ARF) with fluid overload (FO) occurs often in stem cell transplant (SCT)
recipients. We have previously demonstrated that an increased percentage of FO prior to the …