Evaluation of risk factors for mortality in hematological malignancy patients admitted to intensive care unit

Results 32 (%60) of the 53 patients included into this study were male. The average age of the patients was 49 ± 19 years. The hematological diagnosis of the patients were as follows; 19 were AML, 12 were MM, 7 were Non-Hodgin Lymphoma and 6were ALL. The most common reasons for ICU admissions were respiratory failure (%57) and septic shock (%17). The mean time delay starting from deteriation to ICU was 6 hours (range 1-48). APACHE-2 score was 26 ± 8 and the early warning system score was 8 (range 1-14). APACHE-2 score and time delay for ICU admission of nonsurvivors were higher (p= 0.009, 0.05 respectively). Serum total cortisol levels were lower in survivors compared to nonsurvivors (p= 0.023). ICU mortality rate was 60%.