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. 2020 Sep 24;42(6):1440–1446. doi: 10.1007/s11096-020-01144-8

Table 2.

Serious compilations and prognosis of critically ill children with haematological malignancies

All patients
(n = 37)
Standard-dose group
(>0.1 mg/kg/day)
(n = 22)
Low-dose group
(≤0.1 mg/kg/day) (n = 15)
P value
Incidence of serious complications 84% (31) 77% (17) 93% (14) 0.397
TLS 73% (27) 73% (16) 73% (11) 1.000
 Laboratory TLS 30% (11) 23% (5) 40% (6) 0.417
 Clinical TLS 43% (16) 50% (11) 33% (5) 0.500
AKI 59% (22) 64% (14) 53% (8) 0.775
 Stage 1 11% (4) 9% (2) 13% (2)
 Stage 2 16% (6) 14% (5) 7% (1)
 Stage 3 32% (12) 32% (7) 33% (5)
Requirement of RRT 24% (9) 23% (5) 27% (4) 1.000
Respiratory failure 24% (9) 27% (6) 20% (3) 0.908
Heart failure 11% (4) 14% (3) 7% (1) 0.896
DIC 16% (6) 14% (3) 20% (3) 0.670
Others 14% (5) 9% (2) 20% (3) 0.643
Prognosis
 7-day mortality 14% 9% 20% 0.643
 28-day mortality 16% 14% 20% 0.951
LOS in ICU (d) 8.95±4.77 9.41±4.71 8.27±4.93 0.482
Costs in ICU stay ($) 10003±4949 10024±3651 9971±6556 0.978

TLS tumour lysis syndrome, AKI acute kidney injury, RRT renal replacement therapy, DIC Disseminated intravascular coagulation, LOS length of stay, ICU intensive care unit