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This document review the literature on the outcome of children with oncology and immune disorders requiring intensive care.
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Cause-specific long-term mortality in survivors of childhood cancer in Switzerland: A population-based study. Schindler M, Spycher BD, Ammann RA, Ansari M, Michel G, Kuehni CE; Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG). Int J Cancer. 2016 Jul 15;139(2):322-33
Classification of treatment-related mortality in children with cancer: a systematic assessment. Alexander S, Pole JD, Gibson P, Lee M, Hesser T, Chi SN, Dvorak CC, Fisher B, Hasle H, Kanerva J, Möricke A, Phillips B, Raetz E, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Samarasinghe S, Schmiegelow K, Tissing W, Lehrnbecher T, Sung L; International Pediatric Oncology Mortality Classification Group. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Dec;16(16):e604-10
Pediatric cancer type predicts infection rate, need for critical care intervention, and mortality in the pediatric intensive care unit. Zinter MS, DuBois SG, Spicer A, Matthay K, Sapru A. Intensive Care Med. 2014 Oct; 40(10):1536-44.