title: Survival following mechanical ventilation of recipients of bone marrow transplants and peripheral blood stem cell transplants.
abstract: Survival of bone marrow transplant recipients requiring mechanical ventilation is poor but improving. This study reports a retrospective audit of all haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients requiring mechanical ventilation at an Australian institution over a period spanning 11 years from 1988 to 1998. Recipients of autologous transplants are significantly less likely to require mechanical ventilation than recipients of allogeneic transplants. Of 50 patients requiring mechanical ventilation, 28% survived to discharge from the intensive care unit, 20% to 30 days post-ventilation, 18% to discharge from hospital and 12% to six months post-ventilation. Risk factors for mortality in the HSCT recipient requiring mechanical ventilation include renal, hepatic and cardiovascular insufficiency and greater severity of illness. Mechanical ventilation of HSCT recipients should not be regarded as futile therapy.
authors.affiliation: Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durrant
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Boots
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011336:Probability; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016019:Survival Analysis