title: Successful non-invasive ventilatory support in a patient with regimen-related toxicity during allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
abstract: A 13-year-old patient with transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia major developed acute regimen-related lung toxicity after the conditioning regimen but before allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. He was successfully managed on non-invasive ventilatory support. Advances in non-invasive ventilatory support may drastically improve the outlook of this subset of patients who otherwise have a grim prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rafique
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tirkey
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benjamin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000628:therapy*