Critically ill patients with cancer: A clinical perspective

Table 2 Incidence and mortality of acute respiratory failure in cancer patients[25]

	Incidence	Need for ICU admission	Hospital mortality
Hematological malignancy
Acute myeloid leukemia	22%-84 %	66%	45%
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia	7%-18.5%	12%-15%	38.5%
Lymphoproliferative diseases	8%	8%	40%-50%
Myelodysplastic syndrome	29.4%	20%	17%
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant	3%-28%	42%	3%-55%
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant	24%-30%	50%	51%
Prolonged neutropenia	8%-29.5%	11%-16%	5%-12%
Solid tumor
Lung cancer	26%-50%	100%	11.2%-60%
Other solid tumors	0.7%-10.3%	100%	6.1%-55%
Patients on immunotherapy	1.3%-3.6%	1.3%	-

ICU: Intensive care unit.