Predictors of survival in patients with sarcoma admitted to the intensive care unit

Conclusions Our results suggest that patients that are admitted to the ICU for respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, septic shock, acute renal failure or acidosis and also have a high SOFA score with subsequent worsening in the ICU have poor prognosis. Based on the retrospective data which needs further validation we can recommend that judicious approach should be taken in patients with predictors of poor survival before subjecting them to aggressive treatment.
Source: Clinical Sarcoma Research - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research