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Table 1 Characteristics of the 71 patients with hematologic malignancies who recovered from neutropenia during intensive care unit stay

From: Risk factors for acute respiratory distress syndrome during neutropenia recovery in patients with hematologic malignancies

Characteristic

No (%) or mean ± SEM

Age, year

45.71 ± 1.50

Male

33 (46.5%)

AML

35 (49.3%)

ALL

22 (31.0%)

Lymphoma

8 (11.3%)

Multiple myeloma

4 (5.6%)

Relapsed malignancy

17 (23.9%)

History of HSCT

13 (18.3%)

Neutropenia duration, days

22.54 ± 1.65

ARDS during neutropenia recovery

38 (53.5%)

Pneumonia during neutropenia

45 (63.4%)

Mechanical ventilation

53 (74.6%)

Renal replacement therapy

21 (29.6%)

In-ICU mortality

50 (70.4%)

  1. AML = acute myeloid leukemia; ALL = acute lymphoblastic leukemia; ARDS = acute respiratory distress syndrome; HSCT = hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; ICU = intensive care unit; SEM = standard error of the mean.
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