Publications by authors named "Marian Von-Maszewski"
Article Synopsis
- Patients with cancer who undergo cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have historically had low survival rates, but improvements in CPR outcomes and cancer survival mean that identifying those unlikely to survive can help guide important end-of-life discussions.
- A study of 854 cancer patients requiring CPR found that having indicators of a declining health trajectory significantly predicted poorer hospital outcomes, with only 5 out of 249 patients with decline indicators surviving to discharge.
- Those with indicators tended to be younger, have more advanced metastatic disease, and were more often treated in the ICU, while those without indicators had a higher rate of survival post-CPR and potential for further cancer intervention.
Purpose: The objective of this study is to describe characteristics and short- and long-term outcomes of patients with hematologic malignancies who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of all Code Blues at a large comprehensive cancer center. Demographic, clinical, and outcome variables were analyzed for patients with a hematologic malignancy who underwent CPR.