OUTCOME OF MARROW TRANSPLANTATION RECIPIENTS REQUIRING INTENSIVE-CARE

Critical illness in the setting of blood and marrow transplantation is associated with very high mortality. This is especially true for pati ents with respiratory failure and septic shock, which account for a ma jority of intensive care unit admissions. Identification of specific o utcome predictors for cohorts of these patients has been limited, Comm only used scoring systems usually overestimate hospital survival in th ese patients. Accurate predictions will be required to address discuss ion of withholding and withdrawing Life-support.