Sepsis and septic shock are major causes of mortality during chemotherapy-induced
neutropenia for malignancies requiring urgent treatment. Thus, awareness of the presenting …

A few decades have passed since intensive care unit (ICU) beds have been available for
critically ill patients with cancer. Although the initial reports showed dismal prognosis, recent …

Objective To identify research priorities in the management, epidemiology, outcome and
underlying causes of sepsis and septic shock. Design A consensus committee of 16 …

For patients with solid tumors, surgery is often the main treat-ment, but the issue of the
potential benefits and risks of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions during surgery remains …

Over the coming years, accelerating progress against cancer will be associated with an
increased number of patients who require life-sustaining therapies for infectious or toxic …

We analyzed risk factors for mortality in febrile neutropenic patients with bloodstream
infections (BSI) presenting with septic shock and assessed the impact of empirical antibiotic …

The number of patients living with hematological malignancies (HMs) has increased steadily
over time. This is the result of intensive and effective treatments that also increase the …

Background: Mortality is high among patients with hematologic malignancies admitted to
intensive care units for acute respiratory failure. Early noninvasive mechanical ventilation …

Sepsis is a frequent complication in immunosuppressed cancer patients and hematopoietic
stem cell transplant recipients that is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. The …

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical characteristics and
outcomes of patients with cancer requiring nonpalliative ventilatory support. METHODS This …