Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology
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J. Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol. · Oct 2014
Observational StudyIntensive care unit admission in children with malignant or nonmalignant disease: incidence, outcome, and prognostic factors: a single-center experience.
To investigate pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission in children with malignant and nonmalignant diseases who developed life-threatening complications. ⋯ Nonmalignant disease and use of alternative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation were associated with higher risk of PICU admission. Close cooperation between hematologists and intensivists and definition of criteria for PICU admission and discharge contributed to increase in survival of these patients.