Elderly patients with cancer admitted to intensive care unit: A multicenter study in a middle-income country.
Antonio Paulo Nassar JuniorMariane da Silva TrevisaniBarbara Beltrame BettimFernando Godinho ZampieriJosé Albani CarvalhoAmilton SilvaFlávio Geraldo Rezende de FreitasJorge Eduardo da Silva Soares PintoEdson RomanoSilvia Regina RamosGuilherme Brenande Alves FariaUlysses V Andrade E SilvaRobson Correa SantosEdmundo de Oliveira TommasiAna Paula Pierre de MoraesBruno Azevedo da CruzFernando Augusto BozzaPedro CarusoJorge Ibrahin Figueira SalluhMarcio SoaresPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Hospital mortality rate in very elderly critically ill patients with cancer with unplanned ICU admissions are lower than expected a priori. Cancer characteristics, performance status impairment and acute organ dysfunctions are associated with increased mortality.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- cardiovascular events
- middle aged
- mechanical ventilation
- community dwelling
- liver failure
- risk factors
- papillary thyroid
- healthcare
- respiratory failure
- physical activity
- mental health
- squamous cell
- drug induced
- coronary artery disease
- squamous cell carcinoma
- adverse drug
- young adults
- type diabetes
- childhood cancer
- hepatitis b virus
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation