抄録
The causes of death in 85 patients with hematopoietic malignancies, admitted to the First Division of Internal Medicine, Kyoto University, from 1977 through 1981, were analyzed and the results were compared with our previous report.
The following results were obtained:
1) In leukemic patients, two major causes of death were bleeding and infection. The incidence of death by infections was decreased, and massive hemorrhage in the gastrointestinal tract was significantly increased as compared with the previous study.
2) Cachexia was the most frequent cause of death in malignant lymphoma, and either cachexia or renal failure in multiple myeloma.
