The adult oncological patient in intensive care
Is it time to start saying "yes, we will consider" instead of just "no"?

Czech version

Authors: T. Karvunidis ^1,2; D. Lysák ^2,3; M. Matějovič ^1,2
Authors‘ workplace: I. interní klinika, Lékařská fakulta v Plzni, Univerzita Karlova a Fakultní nemocnice Plzeň ¹; Biomedicínské centrum, Lékařská fakulta v Plzni, Univerzita Karlova ²; Hematologicko-onkologické oddělení, Fakultní nemocnice Plzeň ³
Published in: Anest. intenziv. Med., 28, 2017, č. 6, s. 346-353
Category: Intesive Care Medicine - Review Article

Overview

An increasing number of cancer patients are being admitted to the intensive care and high dependency units due to the rising incidence of solid and/or haematological malignancies together with an expanding range of therapeutic options and improved survival of these patients. The reasons for admission are the potentially life-threatening cancer-related complications and/or treatment-associated side-effects or eventual co-morbidities. Epidemiology, indication criteria, extension of treatment, prognosis of the acute disease and changes applied to the general prognosis as a consequence of the critical illness are some of the most common and frequently unanswered questions the intensivists need to examine, and they are discussed within this review.

Keywords:
malignancy – haematological malignancy – intensive care – organ failure

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