Mechanical ventilation in cancer patients: clinical characteristics and outcomes.
Acute respiratory failure with the need for mechanical ventilation is a severe and frequent complication, and a leading reason for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) in patients with malignancies. Nevertheless, improvements in patient survival have been observed over the last decade. This article reviews the epidemiology of adult patients with malignancies requiring ventilatory support. Criteria used to assist decisions to admit a patient to the ICU and to select the initial ventilatory strategy are discussed.
Soares
Márcio
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Intensive Care Unit, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Praça Cruz Vermelha, 23-10 andar, 20230-130, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. marciosoaresms@yahoo.com.br
Depuydt
Pieter O
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Salluh
Jorge I F
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome