Table 3.
Diagnoses resulting in the need for ICU admission among the patients included in this study.
| Diagnosis | No. |
|---|---|
| PCP | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 5 |
| TB | 3 |
| Neurological infection* | 2 |
| Septic shock | 8 |
| Neutropaenic sepsis# | 5 |
| Malignancy¶ | 4 |
| GI bleed | 2 |
| Pancreatitis | 2 |
| Other§ | 6 |
*Toxoplasmosis and Pneumococcal meningitis.
#All related to chemotherapy for malignancy; 4 patients had lymphoma and 1 had anal carcinoma.
¶Further 9 patients were admitted for another reason but with a background of malignancy.
§One patient with pneumothorax, 1 with liver failure, 1 with renal failure, 1 with status epilepticus, 1 with ulcerative colitis, and 1 with drug overdose.