title: Time to look beyond one-year mortality in critically ill hematological patients?
abstract: The spectacular improvement in long-term prognosis of patients with hematological malignancies since the 1980s, coupled with the subsequent improvement over the past decade in short- and mid-term survival in cases of critical illness, resulted in an increasing referral of such patients to the ICU. A remaining question, however, is how these patients perform in the long term with regard to survival and quality of life. Here we discuss the present multicenter study on survival beyond 1 year in critically ill patients with hematological malignancies. We conclude with suggestions on how we can further improve the long-term outcome of these patients.
authors: Ine
authors: I
authors: Moors
authors: Dominique D
authors: DD
authors: Benoit
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D010351:Patient Discharge