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Neurological failure in ICU patients with hematological malignancies: A prospective cohort study.

Chiara MarzoratiDjamel MokartFrederic PèneVirginie LemialeAchille KouatchetJulien MayauxFrançois VincentMartine NyungaFabrice BruneelAntoine RabbatChristine LebertPierre PerezDominique BenoitGiuseppe CiterioElie AzoulayStephane Legrielnull null
Published in: PloS one (2017)
In ICU patients with hematological malignancies, neurological failure is common and often fatal. Independent predictors of higher hospital mortality were type of underlying hematological malignancy, poor performance status, hemodynamic and respiratory failures, and severity of consciousness impairment. Knowledge of these risk factors might help to optimize management strategies.
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