title: Impairment in gas exchange after granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) in a patient with the adult respiratory distress syndrome.
abstract: We describe the previously unreported finding of reproducible arterial d desaturation after successive injections of granulocyte colony stimulating factor in a orthotopic liver transplant recipient with the adult respiratory distress syndrome and antibiotic-induced neutropenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Schilero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oropello
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benjamin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor