title: Risk factors for capillary leakage syndrome after bone marrow transplantation.
abstract: Age, hematopoietic growth factors, cyclosporin A, mode of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) (autologous, allogeneic-related, unrelated), and underlying disease were assessed as potential risk factors for capillary leakage syndrome (CLS) in 96 patients after BMT. CLS was defined as unexplained weight gain of > 3% within 24 h and nonresponsiveness to furosemide. CLS occurred in 9/21 patients after unrelated compared with 2/33 after allogeneic-related BMT (p = 0.0017) for hematopoietic disorders (n = 54) and in 6/7 patients after allogeneic-related compared with 3/35 after autologous BMT (p = 0.001) for solid tumors (n = 42). Hematopoietic growth factors and cyclosporin A were no significant risk factors on their own. We conclude that unrelated BMTs or high-intensity conditioning regimens used in combination with allogeneic-related BMT are the main risk factors for CLS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Heinrich Heine University Medical Center, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nürnberger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Willers
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burdach
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Göbel
mesh_terms: D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019559:Capillary Leak Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor