Table 1 Characteristics of patients
From: Bacterial infection profiles in lung cancer patients with febrile neutropenia
Number (%)or means ± SD | |
|---|---|
Sex (M/F) | 78/9 |
Age (year) | 64.2 ± 9.6 |
Score WHO ≥ 2 | 54/86 (62.8) |
Allergy (penicillin) | 2/87 (2.3) |
Comorbidity | 53/87 (61) |
- diabetes | 17 (19.5) |
- therapy by corticosteroids | 24 (27.6) |
- immunosuppression | 2 (2.3) |
- undernutrition | 5 (5.7) |
- other cancer | 10 (11.5) |
- other comorbidity | 10 (11.5) |
No of comorbidities | 1.3 ± 0.5 |
No. of comorbidities ≥ 2 | 11/87 (12.6) |
Smoking | 83/87 (95.4) |
No of packets × No of year of smoking | 46.5 ± 19.5 |
History of pulmonary diseases | 58/86 (67.4) |
- asbestos | 9 (10.5) |
- asthma | 1 (1.2) |
- COPD | 46 (53.5) |
- restrictive syndrome | 7 (8.1) |
- bronchiectasis | 2 (2.3) |
- oxygenotherapy | 2 (2.3) |
- pulmonary tuberculosis | 2 (2.3) |
State COPD | 39/86 |
- Normal | 2 (2.3) |
- FEV1 > 80% of theory | 10 (11.6) |
- FEV1 between 50 and 80% theory | 17 (21) |
- FEV1 between 30 and 50% theory | 5 (7) |
- FEV1 < 30% of theory | 3 (3.5) |