Puxty K, Grant CH, McLoone P, et al. - As patients with lung cancer may develop a critical illness, researchers sought for the features that are associated with ICU admission in patients with lung cancer. For this retrospective, observational, population-based study, they linked cancer registration, ICU, hospital discharge and mortality data. Among 26,731 identified cases of lung cancer, 398 (1.5%) patients were admitted to an ICU. ICU admissions were most commonly reported in correlation with respiratory conditions and there was a high rate of invasive mechanical ventilation. Increased odds of ICU admission were observed in correlation with surgical treatment of lung cancer. Reduced odds of admission to ICU were observed in correlation with older age, female gender and radiotherapy or chemotherapy treatment.