Why the study?
What is the short-term mortality of patients with leukemia and lymphoma admitted to a medical intensive care unit compared to predicted mortality based on illness severity?
Population
29 patients with leukemia or lymphoma admitted to a medical intensive care unit
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Until hospital discharge
Authors
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Comparable mortality to severity-predicted rates in non-oncologic patients; leaves open whether malignancy independently alters MICU prognosis.
What is the short-term mortality of patients with leukemia and lymphoma admitted to a medical intensive care unit compared to predicted mortality based on illness severity?
Patients with leukemia and lymphoma admitted to the MICU have a high mortality rate that is comparable to non-oncologic patients with similar severity of illness.
ASHKENAZI et al. (1986) studied this question.
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