Dental and Periodontal Treatment Need after Dental Clearance Is Not Associated with the Outcome of Induction Therapy in Patients with Acute Leukemia: Results of a Retrospective Pilot Study

Table 4

Therapy associated complaints and mortality depending on treatment need and PISA.

Parameter		Weakness	Tachycardia	Vertigo/nausea	Dyspnea	Deceased		Reason for death
						Yes	No	Cancer	Infection	Others
Dental treatment need	Yes	14/19 (48%)	9/29 (31%)	12/29 (41%)	7/29 (24%)	5/29 (17%)	24/29 (83%)	2	2	1
	No	3/8 (38%)	1/8 (13%)	4/8 (50%)	1/8 (13%)	1/10 (10%)	9/10 (90%)	1	0	0
	value	0.70	0.40	0.71	0.66	0.99		—
Periodontal treatment need	Yes	13/25 (52%)	6/25 (24%)	11/25 (44%)	6/25 (24%)	5/25 (20%)	20/25 (80%)	3	1	1
	No	3/8 (38%)	3/8 (38%)	2/8 (25%)	1/8 (13%)	1/9 (11%)	8/9 (89%)	0	1	0
	value	0.69	0.65	0.43	0.65	0.99		—
PISA	>98 mm^2	7/17 (41%)	4/17 (24%)	7/17 (41%)	5/17 (29%)	4/17 (24%)	13/17 (76%)	2	1	1
	≤98 mm^2	9/16 (56%)	5/16 (31%)	6/16 (38%)	2/16 (13%)	2/17 (12%)	15/17 (88%)	1	1	0
	value	0.49	0.71	0.99	0.40	0.66		—

PISA: periodontal inflamed surface area.