Frequency of treatment use in hospitalised patients with different haematological malignancies
| Total study population | Acute leukaemia | Chronic lymphoid leukaemia | Chronic myeloid leukaemia | Hodgkin’s lymphoma | Multiple myeloma | Myelodysplastic syndromes | Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | |
| n=46 629 | n=11 531 | n=4161 | n=1157 | n=1022 | n=8803 | n=6693 | n=13 262 | |
| n (%) | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | n (%)* | |
| Last month before death | ||||||||
| Chemotherapy | 11 419 (24.5) | 3007 (26.1) | 699 (16.8) | 100 (8.6) | 293 (28.7) | 2495 (28.3) | 619 (9.3) | 3986 (30.1) |
| Blood transfusion | 22 623 (48.5) | 7793 (67.6) | 1631 (39.2) | 555 (48.0) | 356 (34.9) | 3813 (43.3) | 4044 (60.4) | 4423 (33.4) |
| Invasive ventilation | 5718 (12.3) | 1180 (10.2) | 689 (16.6) | 216 (18.7) | 194 (19.0) | 911 (10.3) | 1040 (15.5) | 1575 (11.9) |
| Haemodynamic support | 6577 (14.1) | 1339 (11.6) | 746 (17.9) | 250 (21.6) | 217 (21.3) | 1096 (12.4) | 1187 (17.7) | 1820 (13.7) |
| Radiation therapy | 864 (1.9) | 63 (0.5) | 21 (0.5) | 4 (0.4) | 13 (1.3) | 368 (4.2) | 29 (0.4) | 344 (2.6) |
| Artificial nutrition | 4539 (9.7) | 874 (7.6) | 468 (11.2) | 138 (11.9) | 149 (14.6) | 754 (8.6) | 734 (11.0) | 1463 (11.0) |
| Tracheotomy | 3255 (7.0) | 688 (6.0) | 391 (9.4) | 110 (9.5) | 121 (11.8) | 525 (6.0) | 608 (9.1) | 867 (6.5) |
| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 872 (1.9) | 171 (1.5) | 106 (2.5) | 39 (3.4) | 35 (3.5) | 134 (1.5) | 161 (2.4) | 238 (1.8) |
| Dialysis | 3498 (7.5) | 557 (4.8) | 320 (7.7) | 110 (9.5) | 89 (8.7) | 1108 (12.6) | 522 (7.8) | 824 (6.2) |
| Last 2 weeks before death | ||||||||
| Chemotherapy | 8113 (17.4) | 2274 (19.7) | 452 (10.9) | 63 (5.4) | 183 (17.9) | 1642 (18.7) | 402 (6.0) | 2816 (21.2) |
| Blood transfusion | 19 441 (41.7) | 6798 (59.0) | 1424 (34.2) | 474 (41.0) | 303 (29.6) | 3195 (36.3) | 3495 (52.2) | 3749 (28.3) |
| Invasive ventilation | 5654 (12.1) | 1175 (10.2) | 684 (16.4) | 216 (18.6) | 193 (18.9) | 898 (10.2) | 1033 (15.4) | 1547 (11.7) |
| Haemodynamic support | 6393 (13.7) | 1302 (11.3) | 731 (17.6) | 247 (21.3) | 213 (20.8) | 1058 (12) | 1151 (17.2) | 1761 (13.3) |
| Radiation therapy | 620 (1.3) | 47 (0.4) | 16 (0.4) | 4 (0.3) | 10 (1.0) | 265 (3.0) | 24 (0.4) | 242 (1.8) |
| Artificial nutrition | 4227 (9.1) | 820 (7.1) | 448 (10.8) | 131 (11.3) | 139 (13.6) | 709 (8.1) | 710 (10.6) | 1323 (10.0) |
| Tracheotomy | 3206 (6.9) | 685 (5.9) | 384 (9.2) | 109 (9.4) | 118 (11.5) | 517 (5.9) | 591 (8.8) | 848 (6.4) |
| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 869 (1.9) | 171 (1.5) | 106 (2.5) | 39 (3.4) | 35 (3.5) | 134 (1.5) | 156 (2.3) | 237 (1.8) |
| Dialysis | 3419 (7.3) | 550 (4.8) | 317 (7.6) | 109 (9.5) | 88 (8.7) | 1073 (12.2) | 515 (7.7) | 800 (6.0) |
*Sex-standardised and age-standardised values, using the total study population as reference. Due to this weighting, the sum of exposed individuals in each group may exceed the total (non-standardised) number of exposed individuals in the study population.