Table 1.
Patient Characteristics and Cohort Comparisons
| Chemotherapy in ICU | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All N (%) | Chemotherapy N (%) | No Chemotherapy N (%) | p-value | ||
| Sample Size | 362 | 181 | 181 | ||
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| Age at Admission, years | Median (range) | 62 (18-87) | 62 (18-86) | 62 (19-87) | 0.81 |
| Gender | Male | 230 (63.5) | 115 (63.5) | 115 (63.5) | |
| Female | 132 (36.5) | 66 (36.5) | 66 (36.5) | ||
| MPM II Score | Median (range) | 42.3 (7.40-94.7) | 39.1 (7.40-94.7) | 45.6 (8.28-94.0) | 0.57 |
| Cancer Type | Lymphoma | 206 (56.9) | 103 (56.9) | 103 (56.9) | |
| Leukemia | 156 (43.1) | 78 (43.1) | 78 (43.1) | ||
| Primary Admit Diagnosis | Bleeding | 25 (7.6) | 11 (6.2) | 14 (9.1) | |
| Cardiac | 19 (5.7) | 7 (4) | 12 (7.8) | ||
| Chemotherapy Admin | 45 (13.6) | 45 (25.4) | 0 (0) | ||
| Hematologic | 4 (1.2) | 4 (2.3) | 0 (0) | ||
| Neurological | 9 (2.7) | 6 (3.4) | 3 (1.9) | ||
| Renal | 32 (9.7) | 23 (13) | 9 (5.8) | ||
| Respiratory | 59 (17.8) | 33 (18.6) | 26 (16.9) | ||
| Sepsis | 128 (38.7) | 47 (26.6) | 81 (52.6) | ||
| Other | 10 (3) | 1 (0.6) | 9 (5.8) | ||
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | Median (range) | 6.0 (2.0-13.0) | 6.0 (2.0-11.0) | 6.0 (2.0-13.0) | 0.55 |
| Mechanical Ventilation, on Admit | Yes | 42 (11.6) | 17 (9.4) | 25 (13.8) | 0.26 |
| No | 320 (88.4) | 164 (90.6) | 156 (86.2) | ||
| Mechanical Ventilation, During Stay | Yes | 137 (37.8) | 75 (41.4) | 62 (34.3) | 0.15 |
| No | 225 (62.2) | 106 (58.6) | 119 (65.7) | ||
| Vasopressors, on Admit | Yes | 41 (11.3) | 16 (8.8) | 25 (13.8) | 0.19 |
| No | 321 (88.7) | 165 (91.2) | 156 (86.2) | ||
| Vasopressors, During Stay | Yes | 123 (34) | 59 (32.6) | 64 (35.4) | 0.63 |
| No | 239 (66) | 122 (67.4) | 117 (64.6) | ||
| CRRT/HD | Yes | 25 (6.9) | 17 (9.4) | 8 (4.4) | 0.11 |
| No | 337 (93.1) | 164 (90.6) | 173 (95.6) | ||
| Same Day Hospital/ICU Admit | Yes | 86 (23.8) | 34 (18.8) | 52 (28.7) | 0.036 |
| No | 276 (76.2) | 147 (81.2) | 129 (71.3) | ||
| ICU LOS, days | Median (range) | 5 (0-47) | 6 (1-47) | 3 (0-28) | <.001 |
| Hospital LOS, days | Median (range) | 18 (0-126) | 22 (2-121) | 14 (0-126) | 0.024 |
| Hx of Transplant | Yes | 33 (9.1) | 20 (11) | 13 (7.2) | 0.30 |
| No | 329 (90.9) | 161 (89) | 168 (92.8) | ||
| Newly Diagnosed | Yes | 89 (24.6) | 69 (38.1) | 20 (11) | <.001 |
| No | 273 (75.4) | 112 (61.9) | 161 (89) | ||
| Radiation during ICU stay | Yes | 2 (0.6) | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0) | |
| No | 360 (99.4) | 179 (98.9) | 181 (100) | ||
| # Deaths by ICU Discharge | Yes | 86 (23.8) | 46 (25.4) | 40 (22.1) | |
| No | 276 (76.2) | 135 (74.6) | 141 (77.9) | ||
| # Deaths by Hospital Discharge | Yes | 135 (37.3) | 76 (42) | 59 (32.6) | |
| No | 227 (62.7) | 105 (58) | 122 (67.4) | ||
No comparison was done for gender or cancer type as these were perfectly matched.