Cause | Acute Start (n = 38) | Chronic Start (n = 110) |
---|---|---|
Catheter-related sepsis | 4 | 2 |
Sepsis: other source | 7 | 10 |
Cardiac (valvular, arrest, congestive heart failure, acute coronary syndrome) | 7 | 30 |
Neurologic (stroke, seizure, delirium, demyelinating, dementia) | 6 | 11 |
Non myeloma cancer | 9 | |
Multiple myeloma | 3 | 1 |
Withdrawal due to quality of life | 5 | 20 |
Gastrointestinal illness (bleed, obstruction) | 3 | 3 |
Unknown | 2 | 16 |
Respiratory failure | 2 | |
Other | 1a | 6b |