Key result
ICU mortality in elderly critically ill patients with solid tumors was not significantly different compared to elderly patients without solid tumors (33.6% vs. 32.6%, P=0.75).
Why the study?
Does intensive care unit admission improve survival rate and quality of life in elderly critically ill patients with solid tumors?
Does intensive care unit admission improve survival rate and quality of life in elderly critically ill patients with solid tumors?
Absolute Event Rate: 33.6% vs 32.6%
p-value: p=0.75
The abstract highlights the ongoing debate regarding the prognostic and quality-of-life impact of admitting elderly patients with solid tumors to the ICU.
Admitting an elderly critically ill patient with solid tumor in the intensive care unit (ICU) for treatment was always a matter of debate among intensive care practioners because the doubts about the impact that the critical therapy could have in the prognosis of the cancer patients concerning the survival rate and moreover, in the quality of life after the critical event.
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Barbas et al. (2017) conducted an editorial in Solid tumors in critically ill elderly patients (n=262). Solid tumor diagnosis vs. Elderly critically ill patients without solid tumors was evaluated on ICU mortality (p=0.75). ICU mortality in elderly critically ill patients with solid tumors was not significantly different compared to elderly patients without solid tumors (33.6% vs. 32.6%, P=0.75).
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