Table 2.
Primary or most severe presenting complaint for patients admitted to the inpatient unit (based on UKONS toxicity grading) [27]
| Primary presenting complaint | Total; n=129 n (%) |
UKONS red grading |
|---|---|---|
| General/systemic | ||
| Pain | 25 (19.4%) | 15 (27.8%) |
| Fever—on systemic treatment | 21 (16.3%) | 21 (38.9%) |
| Nausea | 5 (3.9%) | 2 (3.7%) |
| Performance status | 4 (3.1%) | 2 (3.7%) |
| Infection | 3 (2.3%) | 1 (1.9%) |
| Fatigue | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| 54 (41.9%) | 39/54 (72.2%) | |
| Gastrointestinal/urinary | ||
| Diarrhea | 11 (8.5%) | 5 (14.7%) |
| Vomiting | 6 (4.7%) | 2 (5.9%) |
| Urinary disorder | 5 (3.9%) | 1 (2.9%) |
| Constipation | 5 (3.9%) | 3 (8.8%) |
| Anorexia | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Mucositis | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (2.9%) |
| 34 (26.4%) | 14/34 (41.1%) | |
| Cardiovascular | ||
| Dyspnea | 14 (10.9%) | 4 (22.2%) |
| Chest pain | 2 (1.6%) | 2 (11.1%) |
| Bleeding | 2 (1.6%) | 2 (11.1%) |
| 18 (13.9%) | 8/18 (44.4%) | |
| Central nervous system | ||
| Neurosensory/motor disturbance | 7 (5.4%) | 4 (40.0%) |
| Confusion/cognitive disturbance | 3 (2.3%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| 10 (7.8%) | 4/10 (40.0%) | |
| Skin/eyes | ||
| Ocular/eye problems | 1 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| 1 (0.8%) | 0/1 (0.0%) | |
| Othera | ||
| 12 (9.3%) | 9/12 (75.0%) | |
a Other includes symptomatic abdominal ascites, concerns with central venous access devices or gastrostomy tubes, urgent recall due to findings on routine labs/scans (e.g., incidental finding of pulmonary embolus, deranged liver function tests or electrolytes, positive blood cultures)