Advances in both detection and management strategies have improved
survival rates among cancer patients. As a result, more patients may benefit from ICU
admission over the course of their disease. Considerations for admission to ICU should
include both the short- and long-term prognoses as well as the reversibility of the acute
illness. Cancer patients may be admitted to the ICU for a host of reasons, which may be
due to the underlying malignancy, treatment related effects, or non-oncologic acute
illnesses. Regardless of the indication for admission, these patients require complex
coordination of care and a thoughtful and methodical approach to their ICU
management.
Keywords: Acute respiratory failure, Cardiac tamponade, Cytokine release syndrome, Hypercalcemia, Hyperleukocytosis, Immune effect cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome, Leukostasis, Neutropenic fever, Superior vena cava syndrome, Tumor lysis syndrome.
