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Shanthikumar S, Gower WA, Abts M, Liptzin DR, Fiorino EK, Stone A, Srinivasan S, Vece TJ, Akil N, Cole T, Cooke KR, Goldfarb SB. Pulmonary surveillance in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant: A multinational multidisciplinary survey. Cancer Rep (Hoboken) 2021; 5:e1501. [PMID: 34319008 PMCID: PMC9124519 DOI: 10.1002/cnr2.1501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) is an established treatment for malignant and non‐malignant conditions and pulmonary disease is a leading cause of late term morbidity and mortality. Accurate and early detection of pulmonary complications is a critical step in improving long term outcomes. Existing guidelines for surveillance of pulmonary complications post‐HSCT contain conflicting recommendations. Aim To determine the breadth of current practice in monitoring for pulmonary complications of pediatric HSCT. Methods An institutional review board approved, online, anonymous multiple‐choice survey was distributed to HSCT and pulmonary physicians from the United States of America and Australasia using the REDcap platform. The survey was developed by members of the American Thoracic Society Working Group on Complications of Childhood Cancer, and was designed to assess patient management and service design. Results A total of 40 (34.8%) responses were received. The majority (62.5%) were pulmonologists, and 82.5% were from the United States of America. In all, 67.5% reported having a protocol for monitoring pulmonary complications and 50.0% reported adhering “well” or “very well” to protocols. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) most commonly involved spirometry and diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide. The frequency of PFTs varied depending on time post‐HSCT and presence of complications. In all, 55.0% reported a set threshold for a clinically significant change in PFT. Conclusions These results illustrate current variation in surveillance for pulmonary complications of pediatric HSCT. The results of this survey will inform development of future guidelines for monitoring of pulmonary complications after pediatric HSCT.
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- Shivanthan Shanthikumar
- Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Respiratory Diseases, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Pulmonology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Allergy and Immunology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Lung Function Predicts Outcome in Children With Obstructive Lung Disease After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2021; 43:e90-e94. [PMID: 32427706 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000001823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Obstructive lung disease (OLD) that develops after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has a significant impact on morbidity and mortality. We investigated the role of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in the prediction of prognosis of OLD in children who have undergone HSCT. We retrospectively reviewed 538 patients who underwent allogenic HSCT in the Department of Pediatrics, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, South Korea, from April 2009 to July 2017. OLD was identified on PFTs or chest computed tomography scans obtained from 3 months after HSCT onwards. OLD developed after HSCT in 46 patients (28 male individuals, median age: 11.2 y). The group that developed OLD with an unfavorable prognosis (n=23) had a lower forced vital capacity (FVC) (% of predicted, 78.53±24.00 vs. 97.71±16.96, P=0.01), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) (% of predicted, 52.54±31.77 vs. 84.44±18.59, P=0.00), FEV1/FVC (%, 59.28±18.68 vs. 79.94±9.77, P=0.00), and forced expiratory flow at 25% to 75% of forced vital capacity (FEF25-75) (% of predicted, 30.95±39.92 vs. 57.82±25.71, P=0.00) at diagnosis than the group that developed OLD with a favorable prognosis (n=23). The group that developed OLD with an unfavorable prognosis had significant reductions in FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, and FEF25-75 at 2 years after diagnosis. Children who develop OLD with an unfavorable prognosis after HSCT already have poor lung function at the time of diagnosis. Additional treatment should be considered in patients who develop OLD after HSCT according to their PFTs at diagnosis.
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Moore PE, Boyer D, Perkins R, Katz ES, Castro-Codesal ML, MacLean JE, Akil N, Esther CR, Kaslow J, Lewis TC, Krone KA, Quizon A, Simpson R, Benscoter D, Spielberg DR, Melicoff E, Kuklinski CA, Blatter JA, Dy J, Rettig JS, Horani A, Gross J. American Thoracic Society 2019 Pediatric Core Curriculum. Pediatr Pulmonol 2019; 54:1880-1894. [PMID: 31456278 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The American Thoracic Society Pediatric Core Curriculum updates clinicians annually in pediatric pulmonary disease in a 3 to 4 year recurring cycle of topics. The 2019 course was presented in May during the Annual International Conference. An American Board of Pediatrics Maintenance of Certification module and a continuing medical education exercise covering the contents of the Core Curriculum can be accessed online at www.thoracic.org.
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- Paul E Moore
- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Respiratory Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Respiratory Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Respiratory Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pediatric Respirology, Pulmonary, and Asthma, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Respirology, Pulmonary, and Asthma, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Harbor, Michigan
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- Division of Respiratory Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Rady Children's Hospital, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pediatrics, UCSF, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Hospital, Denver, Colorado
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Pulmonary Complications of Malignancies and Blood and Marrow Transplantation. PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS OF NON-PULMONARY PEDIATRIC DISORDERS 2018. [PMCID: PMC7120544 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69620-1_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Choi YH, Jeong HJ, An HY, Kim YS, Lee EJ, Lee B, Kang HJ, Shin HY, Park JD. Early predictors of mortality in children with pulmonary complications after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 2017; 21:e13062. [PMID: 29027353 PMCID: PMC7167723 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PC are a main cause of death following HSCT in children. We aimed to evaluate early predictors of mortality in paediatric recipients with PCs. A retrospective observational study of 35 patients with 49 episodes of PI on chest radiography (of 124 patients) who had undergone HSCT at a tertiary university hospital between January 2011 and December 2012 was performed. During follow-up (median 26.1 months), 15 episodes led to death (30.6%). An aetiologic diagnosis was made by non-invasive tests in 24 episodes (49.0%) and by adding bronchoalveolar lavage and/or lung biopsy in 7 episodes with diagnostic yield (77.8%, P = .001). Thus, a specific diagnosis was obtained in 63.3% of the episodes. Aetiology identification and treatment modification after diagnosis did not decrease mortality (P = .057, P = .481). However, the number of organ dysfunctions at the beginning of PI was higher in the mortality group, compared to the survivor group (1.7 ± 1.2 vs 0.32 ± 0.59; P = .001). Hepatic dysfunction (OR, 11.145; 95% CI, 1.23 to 101.29; P = .032) and neutropaenia (OR, 10.558; 95% CI, 1.07 to 104.65; P = .044) were independently associated with risk of mortality. Therefore, hepatic dysfunction and neutropaenia are independent early predictors of mortality in HSCT recipients with PCs.
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- Yu Hyeon Choi
- Department of PediatricsSeoul National University HospitalSeoul National University College of MedicineSeoulKorea
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- Department of PediatricsSeoul National University HospitalSeoul National University College of MedicineSeoulKorea
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- Department of PediatricsSeoul National University HospitalSeoul National University College of MedicineSeoulKorea
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- Department of PediatricsSeoul National University HospitalSeoul National University College of MedicineSeoulKorea
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- Department of PediatricsSeoul National University HospitalSeoul National University College of MedicineSeoulKorea
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- Department of PediatricsSeoul National University HospitalSeoul National University College of MedicineSeoulKorea
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- Department of PediatricsCancer Research InstituteSeoul National University College of MedicineSeoulKorea
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- Department of PediatricsCancer Research InstituteSeoul National University College of MedicineSeoulKorea
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- Department of PediatricsSeoul National University HospitalSeoul National University College of MedicineSeoulKorea
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Consensus Report by the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators and Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Consortium Joint Working Committees on Supportive Care Guidelines for Management of Veno-Occlusive Disease in Children and Adolescents, Part 3: Focus on Cardiorespiratory Dysfunction, Infections, Liver Dysfunction, and Delirium. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2017; 24:207-218. [PMID: 28870776 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Some patients with veno-occlusive disease (VOD) have multiorgan dysfunction, and multiple teams are involved in their daily care in the pediatric intensive care unit. Cardiorespiratory dysfunction is critical in these patients, requiring immediate action. The decision of whether to use a noninvasive or an invasive ventilation strategy may be difficult in the setting of mucositis or other comorbidities in patients with VOD. Similarly, monitoring of organ functions may be very challenging in these patients, who may have fulminant hepatic failure with or without hepatic encephalopathy complicated by delirium and/or infections. In this final guideline of our series on supportive care in patients with VOD, we address some of these questions and provide evidence-based recommendations on behalf of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators and Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Consortium Joint Working Committees.
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Srinivasan A, Sunkara A, Mitchell W, Sunthankar S, Kang G, Stokes DC, Srinivasan S. Recovery of Pulmonary Function after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Children is Associated with Improved Survival. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2017; 23:2102-2109. [PMID: 28865973 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2017.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Abnormal pulmonary function is prevalent in survivors of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). Post-transplantation recovery of pulmonary function, and its effect on survival, in children are not known. This retrospective cohort study of 308 children followed for 10 years after HCT at a single institution included 2 groups of patients. Group 1 comprised 188 patients with 3 or more pulmonary function test (PFT) results, of which at least 1 was abnormal, and group 2 comprised 120 patients with 3 or more PFTs, all of which were normal. Pulmonary function normalized post-transplantation in 51 patients (27%) in group 1. Obstructive lung disease, restrictive lung disease, mixed lung disease, and normal pattern were seen in 43%, 25%, 5%, and 27% of patients, respectively, at a median of 5 years (range, 0.5 to 11.9 years) post-transplantation. Lung volumes recovered better than spirometric indices. Pulmonary complications were seen in 80 patients (43%) in group 1. Patients who recovered pulmonary function had better overall survival (P = .006), which did not differ significantly from that in patients in group 2 with normal lung function post-transplantation (P = .80). After adjusting for duration of follow-up, pulmonary complications (P = .01), and lower pretransplantation forced vital capacity z-scores (P = .01) were associated with poor recovery. T cell depletion (P < .001), lower pretransplantation forced expired volume in 1 second z-scores (P = .006), and chronic graft-versus-host disease (P < .001) increased the risk for pulmonary complications. Nonrecovery of lung function with pulmonary complications (P = .03), acute graft-versus-host disease (P = .004), and mechanical ventilation (P < .001) were risk factors for nonrelapse mortality. Normalization of pulmonary function is possible in long-term survivors of allogeneic HCT. Strategies to decrease the risk of pulmonary complications may improve outcomes.
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- Ashok Srinivasan
- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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Solh M, Morgan S, McCullough J, Shanley R, Weisdorf DJ. Blood transfusions and pulmonary complications after hematopoietic cell transplantation. Transfusion 2015; 56:653-61. [PMID: 26635307 DOI: 10.1111/trf.13415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Revised: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Transfusion of blood products is an essential component of the hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) process. Blood transfusion carries several risks including, but not limited to, lung injury. The effect of transfusions on lung complications after HCT has not been previously investigated. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS We retrospectively studied 215 adult allogeneic HCT recipients at the University of Minnesota and examined the association between transfusion of blood components and development of lung complications after HCT. Patients without lung complications were used as the control group. RESULTS A total of 113 (58%) of the patients developed lung injury events before Day 180 after HCT. Six-month survival was significantly lower in the lung event group (52%) versus the controls (78%; p = 0.01). Patients who eventually developed lung events received more transfusion episodes per week in the first month after HCT (median, 4.3 vs. 2.7 for controls), platelet units per week (3.5 vs. 2.0), and RBC units per week (1.8 vs. 1.4; p < 0.01) for all. In a multivariable analysis, each additional transfusion before Day +30 was associated with a 2.7% higher risk of lung complication (95% confidence interval, 0.8-4.8; p = 0.01), adjusting for time to engraftment, conditioning intensity, and donor type. Blood utilization increased after the lung event and remained high for several months relative to controls. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that transfusion of blood products is associated with and may further complicate lung complications after HCT. Cautious use of blood components in the post HCT period is recommended.
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- Melhem Solh
- The Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia.,Department of Medicine Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Medicine Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation.,Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
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Pre-hematopoietic stem cell transplant lung function and pulmonary complications in children. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2015; 11:1576-85. [PMID: 25387361 DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201407-308oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Pulmonary complications are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. OBJECTIVES The relationship between pretransplant pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and development of post-transplant pulmonary complications in children was studied. METHODS This is a retrospective single institution cohort study of 410 patients who underwent pretransplant PFT and were monitored to 10 years posttransplant. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Pulmonary complications were observed in 174 (42%) patients. Children with pulmonary complications had significantly lower forced expiratory flow at 25-75% of vital capacity (P = 0.02) derived using conventional predicted equations for age, and the Global Lung Initiative-2012 predicted equations (P = 0.01). T-cell depletion (P = 0.001), acute grade 3-4 graft-versus-host disease (P = 0.008), and chronic graft-versus-host disease (P = 0.01) increased risk for pulmonary complications. Patients who had pulmonary complications had a 2.8-fold increased risk of mortality (P < 0.0001). The cumulative incidence of death due to pulmonary complications was significantly higher in children who had low lung volumes, FRC less than 50% (P = 0.005), TLC less than 50% (P = 0.0002), residual volume less than 50% (P = 0.007), and T-cell depletion (P = 0.01). Lower FEV1 (P = 0.0005), FVC (P = 0.0005), TLC (P < 0.0001), residual volume less than 50% (P = 0.01), and restrictive lung disease (P = 0.01) predicted worse overall survival. CONCLUSIONS Abnormal pretransplant PFT significantly increased risk after transplant. These patients may benefit from modified transplant strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality.
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Hoshino A, Imai K, Ohshima Y, Yasutomi M, Kasai M, Terai M, Ishigaki K, Morio T, Miyawaki T, Kanegane H. Pneumothorax in patients with severe combined immunodeficiency. Pediatr Int 2014; 56:510-4. [PMID: 24612091 DOI: 10.1111/ped.12325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Revised: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Most infants with pneumothorax have underlying conditions. Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) frequently occurs in patients with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The aim of this study was to determine clinical features of PCP-associated pneumothorax in SCID patients. METHODS The medical records of four SCID patients with pneumothorax were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS All four patients were diagnosed as having SCID at the time of contracting PCP. All patients received mechanical ventilation because of severe respiratory failure. Only one patient was successfully extubated and was alive following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT); of the remaining patients, however, two died of respiratory failure, and one patient died of early HSCT-related complications. CONCLUSIONS Pneumothorax associated with PCP can occur in SCID patients, and they may have a poor prognosis. If pneumothorax occurs in infants, both respiratory management and prompt investigation of the underlying conditions are needed, considering the possibility of PCP associated with SCID.
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- Akihiro Hoshino
- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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Chima RS, Abulebda K, Jodele S. Advances in critical care of the pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient. Pediatr Clin North Am 2013; 60:689-707. [PMID: 23639663 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2013.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (SCT) remains a curative option for a variety of malignant and non-malignant disorders in children. Following transplant a proportion of SCT recipients become critically ill and need intensive care. Critical illness may occur in the setting of transplant complications such as graft versus host disease (GVHD), idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (IPS), veno-occlusive disease (VOD) and transplant associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA). Hence, familiarity with recent advances in the transplant process and complications is crucial for the intensivist. This article will highlight common complications encountered in the critically ill SCT recipient.
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- Ranjit S Chima
- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
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Pulmonary Function Impairment in Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 755:143-8. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4546-9_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Gower WA, Collaco JM, Mogayzel PJ. Lung function and late pulmonary complications among survivors of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation during childhood. Paediatr Respir Rev 2010; 11:115-22. [PMID: 20416548 DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2010.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is used to treat an expanding array of malignant and non-malignant disorders. Pulmonary complications represent a significant source of morbidity and mortality in HSCT recipients. Young children, whose lungs are still developing and growing, may be especially susceptible to the insults of irradiation, drug toxicities, and recurrent infections associated with immunosuppression. Late pulmonary complications, those occurring more than three months after transplantation, are often noninfectious and present with nonspecific symptomatology. Pulmonary function testing (PFT) is a mainstay of monitoring pulmonary health in HSCT recipients. The pulmonologist should be familiar with common patterns seen on PFT in recipients of HSCT during childhood. In this review, we describe the findings in studies which have examined lung function over time in patients who underwent HSCT during childhood. We discuss patterns of PFT abnormalities, associated noninfectious syndromes and their clinical implications, as well as directions for future research.
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- W Adam Gower
- Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Bentur L, Lapidot M, Livnat G, Hakim F, Lidroneta-Katz C, Porat I, Vilozni D, Elhasid R. Airway reactivity in children before and after stem cell transplantation. Pediatr Pulmonol 2009; 44:845-50. [PMID: 19670401 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Stem cell transplantation (SCT) is associated with pulmonary complications. We encountered several children post-SCT with a clinical picture suggestive of airway hyper-reactivity (AHR) and evidence of reversible airway obstruction that was not reported pre-transplant.We evaluated the possibility of increased AHR as assessed by methacholine challenge test (MCT) following the course of SCT, and assessed a possible correlation between AHR and pulmonary complications.This was a prospective study evaluating consecutive patients referred for SCT to the Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology. Evaluation included pulmonary function test and MCT before and after SCT, and assessment of pulmonary complications.Twenty-one of 33 patients completed the study. The mean PC(20) was 14.3 +/- 4.1 mg/ml prior to SCT; afterward the mean PC(20) decreased to 11.2 +/- 5.6 mg/ml (P = 0.018). The number of patients with airway reactivity (PC(20) < or = 8 mg/ml) increased from 2/21 patients before SCT to 8/21 patients after SCT (P = 0.043; McNemar test with Yates correction). Pulmonary complications and hospitalization were recorded in 33.3% of the patients (7/21 patients): 62.5% of the patients (5 patients) with AHR compared to 15.4% (2 patients) in the group without AHR (P = 0.041; Fisher exact test). There were 10 hospitalizations among the 8 patients with positive MCT compared to 2 hospitalizations in 13 patients with negative MCT (median 1 vs. 0, P = 0.045; Mann-Whitney U-test).Increased airway reactivity was observed in our study following the course of SCT. Positive MCT after SCT may be associated with increased risk of pulmonary complications. Larger prospective studies are needed to evaluate the possible mechanisms responsible for increased AHR and the clinical importance of these findings.
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- Lea Bentur
- Pediatric Pulmonary Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital of Haifa, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
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Kaya Z, Weiner DJ, Yilmaz D, Rowan J, Goyal RK. Lung Function, Pulmonary Complications, and Mortality after Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation in Children. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2009; 15:817-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2008] [Accepted: 03/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nishio N, Yagasaki H, Takahashi Y, Muramatsu H, Hama A, Tanaka M, Yoshida N, Watanabe N, Kudo K, Yoshimi A, Kojima S. Late-onset non-infectious pulmonary complications following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children. Bone Marrow Transplant 2009; 44:303-8. [PMID: 19349954 DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2009.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Late-onset non-infectious pulmonary complications (LONIPCs) that arise beyond 3 months after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT include bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia (BOOP) and idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (IPS). We retrospectively analyzed the incidence and outcome of LONIPCs among pediatric hematopoietic SCT recipients. We included 97 patients who survived for more than 3 months among the 114 who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic SCT between April 1997 and May 2007. Of the 97 enrolled patients, 10 (10.3%) developed LONIPCs at a median of 187 days after hematopoietic SCT (range, 123-826 days). Of the 10 patients with LONIPCs, eight had BO and two had IPS. Multivariate analysis showed that the onset of LONIPCs was associated with high-risk underlying disease and extensive chronic GVHD (hazard ratio, 5.42 (95% confidence interval, 1.36-21.7) and hazard ratio, 11.7 (95% confidence interval, 2.40-57.1), respectively). Only two patients responded to therapy with steroids and six of the 10 patients died. The 5-year OS rate was significantly lower among patients with, than without LONIPCs (28.0 vs 87.2%, P=0.000). Considering that we are lacking optimal therapies for LONIPCs, strategies aimed at the prevention of LONIPCs should be attempted.
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- N Nishio
- Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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de la Calle Cabrera T, Villa Asensi JR, González Vicent M, Díaz Pérez MA, González Alvarez MI, Madero López L. [Lung function changes after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation]. An Pediatr (Barc) 2009; 69:406-12. [PMID: 19128740 DOI: 10.1157/13127994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate lung function abnormalities in children who underwent haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and to compare these abnormalities between autologous and allogenic transplantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS Prospective observational study from 1996 to 2005. Ninety-three children receiving HSCT, 47 autologous and 46 allogenic, were included. Lung function tests were performed before transplantation and at 2, 6, 12 and 24 months afterwards. The following indices were determined: forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), FEV1/forced vital capacity (FVC), total lung capacity (TLC), and carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO). Paired Student's t-test was used for statistical analysis of data. RESULTS Before HSCT, 6.8% of the children had FEV1<80%, 1% FEV1/FVC<80%, 7.8% TLC<80% and 13.5% DLCO<70%. At 2 months, FEV1/FVC, TLC and DLCO were significantly reduced, when compared to pre-transplantation values (p=0.05, 0.011 and p<0.001, respectively). Lung function gradually improved from 6 months post-transplantation, but did not reach pre-transplantation values at 24 months. No significant differences were found when comparing allogenic and autologous transplantation, apart from a lower FEV1/FVC value at 6 months (p=0.02) in the first group. CONCLUSIONS An important proportion of children who undergo HSCT have early pulmonary abnormalities (at 2 and 6 months after transplantation) with partial recovery at 24 months.
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- T de la Calle Cabrera
- Servicios de Neumofisiología, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain.
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Jung KH, Sung HJ, Lee JH, Han J, Shin C, Park HJ, Kim JH. A Case of Nonclassifiable Interstitial Pneumonia after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) 2009. [DOI: 10.4046/trd.2009.66.2.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Ki Hwan Jung
- Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Saumsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea
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Hollingsworth CL, Frush DP, Kurtzburg J, Prasad VK. Pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and the role of imaging. Radiology 2008; 248:348-65. [PMID: 18641243 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2482070988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The use of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in the treatment of children afflicted with many potentially fatal malignant and nonmalignant diseases is well recognized. Although outcomes continue to improve and the utility of HSCT is increasing, HSCT remains a complicated process necessitating support from many medical disciplines, including radiology. Importantly, children who undergo HSCT are at risk for the development of specific complications that are linked to the timeline of transplantation, as well as to the relationship between the underlying diagnoses, severe immune deficiency, cytoreductive regimen, and graft-versus-host reactions. An understanding of the complex interplay of the immune status, therapeutic regimen, and disease allows increased diagnostic accuracy. Successful treatment of these high-risk children requires that radiologists who are involved with their care be familiar with broad concepts, as well as with specific problems that frequently occur following HSCT. In this article, the clinical aspects of pediatric HSCT are summarized, including common complications, and imaging features of these complications are described.
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- Caroline L Hollingsworth
- Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, 1905 McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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