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Prolonged isolated red blood cell transfusion requirement after allogeneic blood stem cell transplantation: identification of patients at risk.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19929861     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Delayed donor red blood cell chimerism (DRCC), pure red blood cell aplasia (PRCA), and autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) are poorly documented complications after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). The clinical variable "prolonged isolated red blood cell transfusion requirement" (PRTR) was evaluated as a trigger for an extended diagnostic workup. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: PRTR was defined as the need for red blood cell (RBC) transfusions beyond Day 60 after HCT. We analyzed 487 patients transplanted between 2000 and 2006. Median age was 37 years (range, 0-70 years). Peripheral blood stem cells (n = 344), marrow (n = 138), and cord blood (n = 5) from 278 unrelated and 209 family donors were used. RESULTS: Univariate analysis identified age (incidence of 18.3% among elderly patients, 10.5% in adults, and 2.0% among children [p = 0.002]), ABO incompatibility (16.4% after major incompatible, 2.9% after minor incompatible, and 9.4% after ABO-compatible transplantations [p = 0.003]), conditioning (15.2% after reduced-intensity regimens vs. 7.3% after myeloablative conditioning; p = 0.006), donor type (13.2% after HLA-matched unrelated, 13.6% after mismatched unrelated, 5.7% after matched related, and 0.0% after mismatched related grafts; p = 0.026), and acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD; 7.1% with aGVHD vs. 12.5% without aGVHD; p = 0.046) as predisposing factors. In multivariate analysis minor ABO incompatibility (odds ratio [OR] = 0.2, p = 0.01), younger age (OR = 0.1, p = 0.02), and matched related HCT (OR = 0.4, p = 0.02) remained independent protective factors. CONCLUSIONS: PRTR could serve as a trigger for a standardized screening for DRCC, PRCA, and AIHA after HCT.
Authors:
Daphne Dahl; Andreas Hahn; Christian Koenecke; Hans-Gert Heuft; Elke Dammann; Michael Stadler; Stefanie Buchholz; Jürgen Krauter; Matthias Eder; Karl-Walter Sykora; Christoph Klein; Arnold Ganser; Martin Sauer
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-11-19
Journal Detail:
Title:  Transfusion     Volume:  50     ISSN:  1537-2995     ISO Abbreviation:  Transfusion     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-08     Completed Date:  2010-07-27     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417360     Medline TA:  Transfusion     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  649-55     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
ABO Blood-Group System
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / etiology,  therapy*
Blood Group Incompatibility / therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation*
Erythrocyte Transfusion*
Female
Graft vs Host Disease / etiology,  therapy*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation*
Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure / etiology,  therapy*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Transplantation Chimera
Transplantation Conditioning*
Transplantation, Homologous
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/ABO Blood-Group System

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