Table 4. Patient Characteristics for Initiation versus Continuation Chemotherapy Patients.
Chemotherapy Cohort Only (N=181)
| Chemotherapy in ICU | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All 181 (100%) | Continuation 109 (60%) | Initiation 72 (40%) | p-value | ||
| Age at Admission, years | Median (range) | 62 (18-86) | 61 (18-86) | 65 (22-86) | 0.14 |
| Gender | Male | 115 (63.5) | 68 (62.4) | 47 (65.3) | 0.75 |
| Female | 66 (36.5) | 41 (37.6) | 25 (34.7) | ||
| MPM II Score | Median (range) | 39.1 (7.40-94.7) | 42.7 (7.40-94.7) | 34.2 (8.30-94.1) | 0.19 |
| SOFA Score | Median (range) | 6.0 (0.0-15.0) | 6.0 (0.0-15.0) | 5.5 (0.0-14.0) | 0.27 |
| Cancer Type | Lymphoma | 103 (56.9) | 58 (53.2) | 45 (62.5) | 0.22 |
| Leukemia | 78 (43.1) | 51 (46.8) | 27 (37.5) | ||
| Primary Admit Diagnosis | Bleeding | 11 (6.2) | 8 (7.5) | 3 (4.2) | |
| Cardiac | 7 (4) | 3 (2.8) | 4 (5.6) | ||
| Chemotherapy Admin | 45 (25.4) | 20 (18.9) | 25 (35.2) | ||
| Hematologic | 4 (2.3) | 3 (2.8) | 1 (1.4) | ||
| Neurological | 6 (3.4) | 5 (4.7) | 1 (1.4) | ||
| Renal | 23 (13) | 14 (13.2) | 9 (12.7) | ||
| Respiratory | 33 (18.6) | 22 (20.8) | 11 (15.5) | ||
| Sepsis | 47 (26.6) | 30 (28.3) | 17 (23.9) | ||
| Other | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | ||
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | Median (range) | 6.0 (2.0-11.0) | 5.0 (2.0-11.0) | 6.0 (2.0-9.0) | 0.75 |
| Mechanical Ventilation, on Admit | Yes | 17 (9.4) | 12 (11) | 5 (6.9) | |
| No | 164 (90.6) | 97 (89) | 67 (93.1) | 0.44 | |
| Mechanical Ventilation, During Stay | Yes | 75 (41.4) | 46 (42.2) | 29 (40.3) | |
| No | 106 (58.6) | 63 (57.8) | 43 (59.7) | 0.88 | |
| Vasopressors, on Admit | Yes | 16 (8.8) | 12 (11) | 4 (5.6) | |
| No | 165 (91.2) | 97 (89) | 68 (94.4) | 0.29 | |
| Vasopressors, During Stay | Yes | 59 (32.6) | 37 (33.9) | 22 (30.6) | |
| No | 122 (67.4) | 72 (66.1) | 50 (69.4) | 0.75 | |
| CRRT/HD | No | 164 (90.6) | 102 (93.6) | 62 (86.1) | 0.12 |
| Yes | 17 (9.4) | 7 (6.4) | 10 (13.9) | ||
| Same Day Hospital/ICU Admit | Yes | 34 (18.8) | 21 (19.3) | 13 (18.1) | |
| No | 147 (81.2) | 88 (80.7) | 59 (81.9) | >0.95 | |
| ICU LOS, days | Median (range) | 6 (1-47) | 5 (1-44) | 7 (1-47) | 0.13 |
| Hospital LOS, days | Median (range) | 22 (2-121) | 21 (2-92) | 23 (2-121) | 0.64 |
| Hx of Transplant | Yes | 20 (11) | 18 (16.5) | 2 (2.8) | 0.003 |
| No | 161 (89) | 91 (83.5) | 70 (97.2) | ||
| Newly Diagnosed | Yes | 69 (38.1) | 2 (1.8) | 67 (93.1) | <.001 |
| No | 112 (61.9) | 107 (98.2) | 5 (6.9) | ||
| Prior Radiation | Yes | 2 (1.1) | 2 (1.8) | 0 (0) | |
| No | 179 (98.9) | 107 (98.2) | 72 (100) | ||
| # Deaths by ICU Discharge | Yes | 46 (25.4) | 31 (28.4) | 15 (20.8) | |
| No | 135 (74.6) | 78 (71.6) | 57 (79.2) | ||
| # Deaths by Hospital Discharge | Yes | 76 (42) | 52 (47.7) | 24 (33.3) | |
| No | 105 (58) | 57 (52.3) | 48 (66.7) | ||