They found that patients from this group who required admission to intensive or critical care units after surgery were more likely to have a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, or suffering blood loss of more than 1,000 milliliters during surgery or
requiring vasopressors (medications that raise low blood pressure) during surgery.
In ZUMA - 1, 12 % of the patients had a grade 3 or higher cytokine release syndrome and that is essentially a patient
requiring mechanical ventilation or needing treatment with a high - dose
vasopressor.