From: Intensive care of the cancer patient: recent achievements and remaining challenges
1) Establishing long-term outcomes in oncology and hematology patients who survive their ICU stay. Do we prolong the dying process or do we actually increase survival? |
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2) Addressing qualitative outcomes |
3) Searching for specific family needs and communication strategies |
4) Evaluating new admission policies |
5) Improving transition from curative to palliative care |
6) Evaluating the impact of the ICU on overall long-term and disease-free survival |
7) Defining the appropriate timing for ICU admission (avoiding delays) |
8) Appraising prognostic factors of mortality |
9) Evaluating outcomes in patients who receive intensive care (e.g., NIV, vasopressor) in the wards |
10) Performing qualitative studies before any recommendation on the use of NIV as the ceiling of therapy |