Table 2.

Patients’ conditions at intensive care unit intake (N = 195)

	n (%)
Admission diagnosis
Respiratory failure	60 (30.8)
Cardiac arrest	23 (11.8)
Other primary cardiac diagnosis	17 (8.7)
Sepsis/septic shock	25 (12.8)
Trauma	9 (4.6)
Cancer/malignancy	8 (4.1)
Hemorrhage	20 (10.3)
Neurological disorder	11 (5.6)
Other	22 (11.3)
Medical conditions
Active malignancy	74 (37.9)
Hematologic malignancy	39 (20.0)
COPD	16 (8.2)
Kidney disease	42 (21.5)
Liver disease	22 (11.3)

Definition of abbreviation: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.