Table 1 Characteristics of patients at ICU admission

Demographics

 Age (years)

38 [26–57]

28 [34–35]

44 [28–58]

 Male gender

13 (50)

3 (50)

10 (50)

Hematological malignancy

 Acute leukemia

13 (50)

3 (50)

10 (50)

  - ALL

7

2

5

  - AML

6

1

5

 Lymphoma

5 (20)

1 (17)

4 (20)

  - Hodgkin

1

0

1

  - Non-Hodgkin

4

1

3

 Aplastic anemia

4 (15)

1 (17)

3 (15)

 Other^a

4 (15)

1 (17)

3 (15)

Status of HM

 Recently diagnosed

8 (31)

3 (50)

5 (25)

 At least partial response

11 (42)

1 (17)

10 (50)

 Progression

5 (19)

2 (33)

3 (15)

 Unknown

2 (8)

0

2 (10)

Previous treatments

 Allogeneic SCT

9 (35)

0

9 (45)

 Steroids during the last 3 months

16 (62)

5 (83)

11 (55)

 Antifungal prophylaxis

7 (27)

3 (50)

4 (22)

Reason for ICU admission

 Acute respiratory failure

14 (53)

2 (33)

12 (60)

 Shock

5 (19)

3 (50)

2 (10)

 Perioperative management

3 (12)

0

3 (15)

 Coma

1 (4)

0

1 (5)

 Acute kidney injury

1 (4)

0

1 (5)

 Other^b

2 (8)

1 (17)

1 (5)

Biological tests

 Creatinine (µmol/L)

84 [49–119]

76 [56–90]

86 [45–123]

 Albumin (g/L)

26 [23–31]

28 [24–30]

25 [23–30]

 Bilirubin (µmol/L)

25.9 [15.0–43.0]

25.1 [17.1–30.8]

25.9 [12.7–46.5]

 Leukocytes (G/L)

0.22 [0.10–2.60]

0.58 [0.21–1.06]

0.20 [0.10–4.30]

 Hemoglobin (g/dL)

8.4 [7.9–9.1]

8.0 [7.1–9.5]

8.5 [8.0–9.0]

 Platelets (G/L)

25 [13–42]

17 [6–30]

26 [14–41]

 Prothrombin (%)

70 [50–76]

56 [48–73]

71 [58–75]

SOFA score

7 [5–8]

6 [5–6]

7 [5.5–9.5]

Treatments in the ICU

 Mechanical ventilation

21 (81)

1 (17)

20 (100)

 Vasopressors

18 (69)

3 (50)

15 (75)

 Renal replacement therapy

9 (35)

0

9 (45)