Table 1.

Patients characteristics per hospital outcome

Variable	Hospital decedents (n = 639)	Hospital survivors (n = 414)	P value
Male gender	404 (63.2%)	287 (69.3%)	0.05
Age (years)	63 [55–71]	63 [53–71]	0.29
Type of malignancy
Lung	157 (24.6%)	45 (10.9%)	< 0.001
Colorectal	90 (14.1%)	88 (21.3%)
Breast	68 (10.6%)	61 (14.7%)
Head and neck	79 (12.4%)	46 (11.1%)
Others	245 (38.4%)	174 (42.0%)
Diagnosis to ICU (months)	3 [1–14]	6 [1–36]
Cancer status			0.002
Complete remission	99 (15.5%)	90 (21.8%)	–
Partial remission	92 (14.4%)	51 (12.4%)	0.004
Diagnosis during ICU stay	52 (13.0%)	19 (7.5%)	0.04
Distant metastases	384 (60.1%)	177 (42.8%)	< 0.001
Severity at ICU admission
SAPS II	54 [42–72]	39 [30–50]	< 0.001
SOFA	8 [5–12]	4 [2–7]	< 0.001
Treatments during ICU stay
Invasive mechanical ventilation	518 (81.3%)	203 (49.0%)	< 0.001
Vasopressors and/or inotropic drug	403 (63.1%)	126 (30.5%)	< 0.001
Renal replacement therapy	127 (19.9%)	41 (10.0%)	< 0.001
Cancer chemotherapy	27 (4.4%)	13 (3.3%)	0.48
Neutropenia during ICU stay	52 (8.2%)	18 (4.4%)	0.02