Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Patient characteristics | All patients |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 59.60 ± 14.4 |
| Gender (male sex) | 248 (55.1) |
| ECOG-PS | |
| 0 | 92 (20.44) |
| 1 | 145 (32.22) |
| 2 | 123 (27.33) |
| 3 | 50 (11.11) |
| 4 | 40 (8.89) |
| SAPS (points) | 86.65 ± 16.69 |
| SOFA on first day in ICU (points) | 6.53 ± 3.26 |
| Type of cancer | |
| Hematological malignancies | 84 (18.67) |
| Locorregional solid tumor | 112 (24.89) |
| Metastatic solid tumor | 254 (56.44) |
| Solid tumor source | |
| Gastrointestinal | 132 (29.33) |
| Genitourinary | 40 (8.89) |
| Head and neck | 39 (8.67) |
| Gynecological | 61 (13.56) |
| Lung | 26 (5.78) |
| Classification according to Sepsis-3 | |
| Infection | 16 (3.56) |
| Sepsis | 288 (64) |
| Septic shock | 146 (32.44) |
| Infection site | |
| Respiratory | 96 (21.33) |
| Abdominal | 89 (19.78) |
| Urinary | 37 (8.22) |
| Organ support | |
| Mechanical ventilation | 79 (17.56) |
| Renal replacement therapy | 32 (7.11) |
| Vasopressor | 343 (76.22) |
| Outcome data | |
| ICU length of stay (days) | 5.7 ± 8.6 |
| End of life decisions | 99 (22) |
| ICU mortality | 175 (38.9) |
| Hospital mortality | 265 (58.9) |
ECOG - Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; PS - performance status; SAPS - Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SOFA - Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; ICU - intensive care unit. The results are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation or n (%).