Outcomes and patterns of infections in patients with underlying haematological malignancies admitted to intensive care

Abstract

are recommended when neuraxial techniques are planned. Ultrasound-assisted spinal anaesthesia may be helpful with challenging spinal anatomy but is not always successful and real-time ultrasound-guided spinal anaesthesia may be necessary. 8 However, an experienced practitioner in ultrasound-guided spinal techniques may be required.

Cancer patients with community-acquired pneumonia treated in intensive care have poorer outcomes associated with increased illness severity and septic shock at admission to intensive care: a retrospective cohort study

“…Although the survival of cancer patients with septic shock has previously been reported to not be too dissimilar from mixed populations with septic shock [11], an increased prevalence of septic shock would be expected to translate into increased mortality. Our findings are similar to published data on non-CAP critically ill patients with cancer that also show an increased incidence of septic shock [12–14].…”

Haematological malignancy in the intensive care unit: microbiology results and mortality

“…Results from blood cultures are not often included in ICU cohort studies. In a small cohort study of critically ill patients with a haematologic malignancy, no association was found between infection‐related characteristics and mortality , which is in line with our observations. Another study found that in patients with a haematological malignancy and nosocomial Gram‐negative bacteraemia, aplastic anaemia was a risk factor for early (7‐day) mortality .…”

“…This underlines the current perception that patients with a haematological malignancy have a comparable prognosis to other critically ill non‐cancer patients with comparable disease severity. Moreover, the 28‐day mortality of 38% in our cohort is comparable with previous reports in critically ill patients with haematological malignancy and underlines that survival is improving in these patients .…”