BACKGROUND: Mortality prediction models of @entity1 with a @entity5 admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) do not include the presence of @entity1398 and microbiology results. We performed a registry-based retrospective study of haematology @entity1 admitted to the ICU to investigate the relation between @entity1398 , microbiology results and outcome of these @entity1 . METHODS: Neutropenia and microbiology culture results within 24 hours before or after ICU admission of @entity1 with a @entity5 admitted between 2004 to 2010 were described and analyzed for association with 28 day mortality. RESULTS: We identified 234 individual @entity1 with a current malignant haematological condition, of which 27% were @entity1398 and 21% had a positive blood culture at admission. Most prevalent from blood cultured species were @entity526 and coagulase negative staphylococci. The overall 28-day mortality was 38%. In @entity1 with a positive blood culture but no @entity1398 28-day mortality was 28% and in @entity1 with @entity1398 but without positive blood culture it was 36%. The 28-day mortality of @entity1 with both @entity1398 and a positive blood culture was 55% with an adjusted (for APACHE II-score) hazard ratio (HR) of 1.8 (95%CI 1.0-3.4) compared to other @entity1503 @entity1 admitted to the ICU. CONCLUSION: In @entity1 with @entity5 admitted to the ICU, culture results are divers. The combination of @entity1398 and positive blood culture is associated with increased 28-day mortality. We suggest this could be of additional value when assessing mortality risk in this @entity1 group. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

XXXX in the intensive care unit; microbiology results and mortality.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['haematological malignancy'] @entity1503 :: ('MESH:D006402', 'Disease') :: ['hematologic'] @entity1398 :: ('MESH:D009503', 'Disease') :: ['neutropenia', 'neutropenic'] @entity526 :: ('562', 'Species') :: ['Escherichia coli']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['Haematological malignancy']
