A nationwide study on characteristics and outcome of cancer patients with sepsis requiring intensive care.
Edda VesteinsdottirMartin Ingi SigurdssonMagnus GottfredssonAsbjorn BlondalSigurbergur KarasonPublished in: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) (2022)
Cancer is a common comorbidity in patients admitted to the ICU with sepsis. The clinical presentation and outcome differs between cancer types. Individuals with metastatic cancer were unlikely to receive prolonged invasive ICU care treatment. Comparable short-term outcome was found for patients with solid tumours and no cancer.