Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients
Characteristics | N = 102 | % |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â |
   Male | 53 | 52 |
   Female | 49 | 48 |
Hospital BSIs | 17 | 17.3 |
Neutropenia | 47 | 46.1 |
Deaths | 8 | 7.8 |
Hematology diseases | Â | Â |
   Acute myeloid leukemia | 34 | 33.3 |
   Acute lymphocytic leukemia | 16 | 15.7 |
   Multiple myeloma | 15 | 14.7 |
   Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma | 14 | 13.7 |
   Myelodysplastic syndrome | 7 | 6.9 |
   Aplastic anemia | 6 | 5.9 |
   Hodgkin's Lymphoma | 4 | 3.9 |
   Chronic Lymphocitic leukemia | 4 | 3.9 |
   Chronic myelogenous leukemia | 2 | 2 |
Age (median) | 53.30 ± 18.59, median 56 (Range 17-85) |  |
Length of stay(median) | 21.54 ± 16.83, median 18 (Range 3-89) |  |
IPS score at admission | 7.29 ± 6.41, median 6 (Range 0-21) |  |
IPS score for the first 3 days of hospitalization | 6.92 ± 6.05, median 5.5 (Range 0-20) |  |
APACHE II score at admission | 12.35 ± 0.44 median 12 (Range 5-32) |  |
APACHE II score for the first 3 days of hospitalization | 11.79 ± 4.31 median 11 (Range 0-27) |  |
Karnofsky score in the admission | 78.51 ± 14.89, median 80 (Range 40-100) |  |