Acute respiratory failure in critically ill patients with cancer: Diagnosis and management Journal Article
| Author: | Pastores, S. M. |
| Article Title: | Acute respiratory failure in critically ill patients with cancer: Diagnosis and management |
| Abstract: | Acute respiratory failure (ARF) remains the most common underlying diagnosis in patients with cancer requiring admission to the ICU. The cancer patient with ARF often presents a difficult differential diagnostic. This article reviews the diagnosis and management of the most common etiologies of ARF in patients with cancer, including the newer approaches to ventilator management of patients with acute lung injury. Additionally, prognostic information and outcome data are provided to guide oncology and critical care practitioners in caring for patients with cancer who have ARF that requires mechanical ventilation. |
| Keywords: | treatment outcome; review; antineoplastic agents; cancer patient; antineoplastic agent; radiotherapy; cancer mortality; intensive care; lung embolism; postoperative complication; pulmonary embolism; patient care; disease severity; comorbidity; scoring system; heparin; corticosteroid; immunosuppressive treatment; paraneoplastic syndrome; lung infection; cotrimoxazole; tumor embolism; radiation pneumonia; acute disease; respiratory insufficiency; artificial ventilation; critical illness; adult respiratory distress syndrome; airway obstruction; lung hemorrhage; acute respiratory failure; venous thrombosis; paraneoplastic syndromes; amphotericin b; respiration, artificial; leukostasis; humans; prognosis; human; priority journal |
| Journal Title: | Critical Care Clinics |
| Volume: | 17 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 0749-0704 |
| Publisher: | W.B. Saunders Co. |
| Date Published: | 2001-07-01 |
| Start Page: | 623 |
| End Page: | 646 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0749-0704(05)70201-3 |
| PUBMED: | 11525051 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 21 May 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
