%0 Journal Article %T Risk factors and mortality of adults with lung cancer admitted to the intensive care unit %A Lai, Chih-Cheng %A Ho, Chung-Han %A Chen, Chin-Ming %A Chiang, Shyh-Ren %A Chao, Chien-Ming %A Liu, Wei-Lun %A Wang, Jhi-Joung %A Yang, Ching-Chieh %A Cheng, Kuo-Chen %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2018 %B 2018 %9 %! Risk factors and mortality of adults with lung cancer admitted to the intensive care unit %K %X Background: This study aims to investigate lung cancer patients’ risk factors for: intensive care unit (ICU) admission, infectious complications and organ dysfunction in the ICU, and prognosis after ICU admission. Methods: The records of all patients with lung-cancer catastrophic-illness cards admitted to the ICU between 2003 and 2012 were reviewed. The primary endpoint was 1-year mortality. Results: We finally analyzed the records of index-date-, age-, and sex-matched ICU-admitted (ICU+) lung cancer patients (n=17,687) and ICU-non-admitted (ICU–) lung cancer patients (n=35,374). The overall 1-year mortality rate was significantly (P Conclusions: ICU admission for lung cancer patients is associated with higher mortality. Several risk factors of mortality for ICU+ patients should help physicians provide patients personalized and better-informed lung cancer therapy decisions. %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/22538 %V 10 %N 7 %P 4118-4126 %@ 2077-6624