Purpose: This study aimed to assess the outcome and factors associated with mortality in patients who received urgent chemotherapy (CT) in the intensive care unit (ICU) in Lyon, France.
Material And Methods: A total of 147 adult patients diagnosed with cancer and requiring urgent CT during ICU stay between October 2014 and December 2019 were included in this retrospective study.
Results: Hematological cancer was found in 77% of patients, and acute respiratory failure was the leading cause of ICU admission (46.