The study will describe characteristics of pediatric cancer patients admitted to Italian PICUs and will analyze risk factors of PICU admission, neurological outcome, and mortality. After a retrospective analysis (2019-2020), investigators will perform a prospective study over 12 months gathering data from 15-20 Italian PICUs.
The study aim to evaluate: 1. characteristics of pediatric cancer patients admitted to Italian PICUs 2. risk factors of PICU admission, neurological outcome and mortality. Inclusion criteria: age \<= 18 years, informed consent. Exclusion criteria: informed consent not obtained. After a retrospective analysis (2019-2020), investigators will perform a prospective study over 12 months (March 2021 - February 2021) gathering data from 15-20 Italian PICUs. Each Center can decide whether to participate only in the prospective phase. Data will be recorded in an electronic data collection form in Red Cap. The following variables will be collected: * Demographic variables: age, sex, ethnicity; * TIP pre-admission clinical variables and at the time of admission: basic diagnosis, comorbidity, Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (TCSE) number and type, treatment phase, HLA matching, Graft Versus Host (GVH) and grade, veno-occlusive disease, Venous Occlusive Disease * Variables upon entering TIP: PIM3, POPC score, organ failure cause and staging, high intensity treatments, high flow oxygen therapy, dialysis, inotropes or other, fluid overload, immunodeficiency * Clinical variables during hospitalization: organ failure cause and staging, ventilation, modality, presence of pARDS and severity, need for inotropic support, sepsis and severity score (SOFA), inotropes (VIS score), arrest event cardiac, need for HFOV, Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenator, Nitric Oxide, dialysis, Intracranial Pressure monitoring, drugs used for sedation, development of withdrawal syndrome, development of delirium. Considering the participation of 15-20 centers involving 20 patients in a year, the expected number is 600 patients considering the retrospective phase (optional, therefore some Centers may not contribute) and the prospective phase. Study sites will also take part to a survey designed to collect data in order to describe Italian PICUs involved in providing care to cancer patients.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
500
Salesi Hospital
Ancona, Italy
Giovanni XIII Hospital
Bergamo, Italy
University Hospital Policlinico S.Orsola-IRCCS
Bologna, Italy
mortality
rate of dead patients
Time frame: from date of patient's admission in PICU to date of PICU discharge assessed up to 7 days
mortality
30-days mortality
Time frame: from discharge to 30th day after PICU discharge
mortality
90-days mortality
Time frame: from 31st to 90th day after PICU discharge
neurological outcome
patients's Pediatric Overall Performance Category (POPC) score (a 6 level score: 4 to 6 is considered bad outcome)
Time frame: on date of PICU discharge assessed up to 10 days
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Spedali Civili Hospital, University of Brescia
Brescia, Italy
I Policlinico
Catania, Italy
Meyer Hospital
Florence, Italy
Gaslini Hospital
Genova, Italy
University of Messina
Messina, Italy
Children's Hospital V. Buzzi-Sacco
Milan, Italy
Santobono Hospital
Napoli, Italy
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