2003
DOI: 10.1590/s0021-75572003000800013
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Suporte de terapia intensiva no paciente oncológico

Abstract: Objective: To review the most important aspects of the clinical presentation and treatment of children with cancer in intensive care units. Medline (1970Medline ( to 2003; search terms: children, cancer, oncology, intensive care, complications. General and pediatric oncology textbooks. Sources of data: Summary of the findings:Practically all organs may be affected by cancer or by its treatment. The main complications include infections, hematological problems and electrolyte/ metabolic disturbances. Intensive… Show more

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“…(2,6,10,13,14) In this study, the most frequent reasons were respiratory failure (47%) and sepsis (17.6%). A total of 61.8% of the patients were found to have some type of infection during the ICU stay.…”
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“…(2,6,10,13,14) In this study, the most frequent reasons were respiratory failure (47%) and sepsis (17.6%). A total of 61.8% of the patients were found to have some type of infection during the ICU stay.…”
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confidence: 52%
“…(6,9,10) Typically, cancer patients admitted to the ICU with infection are unresponsive to the initial therapy and show signs of spread of the infectious agent. (2) This tendency leads to longer ICU stays, MV, and the use of vasoactive drugs. …”
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“…Na infância, as leucemias são os tipos mais freqüentes de cân-cer, seguidos em ordem decrescente de freqüência pelos tumores cerebrais, os linfomas, os sarcomas e os tumores de origem ectodérmica 3 .…”
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