Predictors of intensive care unit admission in adult cancer patients presenting to the emergency department with COVID-19 infection: A retrospective study.

Tharwat El ZahranNour KalotRola CheaitoMalak KhalifehNatalie EstellyImad El Majzoub

Published in: PloS one (2023)

Physicians need to be vigilant when taking care of COVID-19 infected cancer patients. Patients who are tachypneic at presentation and those who have had chemotherapy within one month are at high risk for ICU admission.

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