Table 2.

Categories of reasons for admissions.

Cancer-Related Complications

Decline in performance status

Unmanageable severe pain

Other

Thromboembolic disease

Hypercalcemia

Superior vena cava syndrome

Brain metastases

Spinal cord compression

Anemia-Related Complications

Cardiovascular complications

Unresponsive severe anemia/worsening anemia

Recurrent severe anemia

Other

Invasive Procedures *

Computed tomography- or ultrasound-guided biopsy

Liver

Pancreas

Lung/pleura

Bone

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Other

Diagnostic and/or therapeutic surgical procedures including laparoscopy and pleuroscopy

Arteriography

Other Causes

Biliary obstruction

Active bleeding

Malnutrition/starvation

Severe electrolyte imbalance

Respiratory complications

Need for fluid replacement or intravenous medications

Infections

Infective endocarditis

Tuberculosis

Spondylodiscitis

Visceral leishmaniasis

Other

* Invasive studies require admission to the hospital for the day of the procedure.