Table 1 Main Patient Characteristics at admission and during ICU stay
Variable | n = 253 |
|---|---|
Patient Characteristics | |
 Female gender | 77 (30) |
 Age (years) | 64 [55–71] |
ECOG-PS (miss. = 10) | |
 0–1 | 114 (47) |
 2 | 78 (32) |
 3–4 | 51 (21) |
Charlson comorbidity index | 1 [0–3] |
Cancer Characteristics | |
Type of cancer | |
 Digestive | 79 (31) |
 Thoracic | 65 (26) |
 Head and Neck | 32 (13) |
 Gynecological | 29 (12) |
 Genito-urinary | 28 (11) |
 Other | 23 (9) |
Metastatic disease (miss. = 12) | 108 (45) |
Previous anticancer treatment | |
 Surgery | 119 (47) |
 Radiotherapy | 81 (32) |
 Chemotherapy | 149 (59) |
Cancer status (miss. = 6) | |
 Controlled or in remission for < 5 years | 80 (32) |
 Newly diagnosed / recurrence | 102 (41) |
 In progression | 65 (26) |
ICU Characteristics | |
Reason of ICU admissiona | |
 Tumor progression | 60 (24) |
 Thrombotic event | 18 (7) |
 Bleeding | 28 (11) |
 Complications of anticancer treatment | 61 (24) |
 Not related to cancer | 117 (46) |
SAPS II | 46 [36–58] |
Vasopressors | 88 (34.8) |
Invasive ventilation | 103 (40.7) |
Renal replacement therapy | 22 (9) |
TLD before ICU discharge | 40 (16) |
Length of stay in ICU (days) | 4 [2–9] |