Opening the doors of the intensive care unit to cancer patients: A current perspective

Table 1 Recommendations for intensive care unit admission of critically ill cancer patients[16]

Cancer patients who benefit of ICU admission
SOFA score between 7 and 10 or less than 3 organ failures
Recent diagnosis of hemato-oncological disease
Treatment of medical emergencies related to cancer or its treatment; tumor lysis syndrome, pulmonary infiltrates in patients with leukemia or leukostasis as the initial manifestation of leukemia
The likelihood of a cure or probable disease control
Performance status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group scale) between 0 and 2
Postoperative intensive care for patients undergoing complex surgical procedures who require hemodynamic monitoring and/or mechanical ventilation

ICU: Intensive care unit.