Mortality of oncohematologic patients admitted to the intensive care unit (icu) who required invasive mechanical ventilation (imv). do we have to delay intubation?

Patients and Methods We include all OHP admitted to our ICU with respiratory failure during two years (2013 and 2014). Demographic characteristics, underlying disease, admission cause, presence of organ failure, severity scores and mortality were registered. Data were compared by analysis bivariate between those intubated within 24 hours (group 1) and those requiring VMI after more than 24 hours of support with NIV (group 2).