High Yield Review Articles

The articles below provide an overview and approach to many topics in oncologic critical care. We will continue to expand this collection so please check back for new resources or join our mailing list.

TOPICS

  • Overview of Oncologic Emergencies
  • Chemotherapy in the ICU
  • Hyperleukocytosis and Leukostasis
  • Novel Therapies
  • Respiratory Failure in Immunocompromised Patients
  • Sepsis in Immunocompromised Patients
  • SIADH and Hyponatremia
  • Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Overview of Oncologic Emergencies

Hematology emergencies in critically ill adults: malignant hematology.

Spring J, Munshi L. Chest. 2022 Feb 12:S0012-3692(22)00248-3. 

Chemotherapy in the ICU

Management of hematological patients requiring emergency chemotherapy in the intensive care unit

Lafarge A, Chean D, Whiting L, et. al. Intensive Care Med. 2024 Jun;50(6):849-860.

Hyperleukocytosis and Leukostasis

Leukocytapheresis for patients with acute myeloid leukemia presenting withhyperleukocytosis and leukostasis: a contemporary appraisal of outcomes and benefits

Shallis RM, Stahl M, Bewersdorf JP, et al. Expert Rev Hematol. 2020;13(5):489-499.

How I treat hyperleukocytosis in acute myeloid leukemia.

Rollig C, Ehninger G. Blood. 2015;125(21):3246-3252.

Novel Therapies

Toxicities associated with immunotherapy and approach to cardiotoxicity with novel cancer therapies.

Gutierrez C, Rajendram P, Pastores SM. Crit Care Clin. 2021;37(1):47 - 67.

Toxicities, intensive care management, and outcome of chimeric antigen receptor T cells in adults: an update

Bellal M, Malherbe J, Damaj G, et al. Crit Care. 2024 Mar 5;28(1):69.

Respiratory Failure in Immunocompromised Patients

How I manage acute respiratory failure in patients with hematological malignancies

Azoulay E, Maertens J, Lemiale V. Blood. 2024 Mar 14;143(11):971-982.

Acute respiratory failure in immunocompromised adults.

Azoulay E, Mokart D, Kouatchet A, et al . Lancet Respir Med. 2019;7(2):173 - 186.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome in the immunocompromised patient.

Buchtele N, Munshi L. Clin Chest Med. 2024 Dec;45(4):929-941.

Acute respiratory failure in adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Chean D, Maillard A, Benattia A, et al. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2024 Dec;18(12):963-974.

Septic Shock in Immunocompromised Patients

Septic shock in the immunocompromised cancer patient: a narrative review

Nates JL, Pène F, Darmon M, et al. Nine-I Investigators. Crit Care. 2024 Aug 30;28(1):285. 

SIADH and Hyponatremia

Hyponatremia in the cancer patient

Workeneh BT, Jhaveri KD, Rondon-Berrios H. H. Kidney Int. 2020;98(4):870-882.

Stem Cell Transplant

Critical care of hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.

Fornwalt RA, Brigham EP, Scott Stephens R. Crit Care Clin. 2021;37(1):29-46.

What the intensivist needs to know about hematopoietic stem cell transplantation?

Randolph BV, Ciurea SO. Oncologic Critical Care. 2019 Jul 9:1531–46.

Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Onconephrology.

Kala J, Finkel KW. Crit Care Clin. 2021;37(2):365-384.

Emergencies in haematology: tumour lysis syndrome.

Durani U, Hogan WJ. Br J Haematol. 2020;188(4):494-500.