Table 2 Cause of death for acute and chronic start patients

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

1^a

6^b