Pulmonary Complications of Bone Marrow

General Anesthesia for Lumbar Puncture and Bone Marrow Aspiration /Biopsy in Children

Background  Multiple procedures (Lumbar puncture and bone marrow aspiration /biopsy) cause pain, stress, depression and etc for the patients and their families. Various methods have been recommended for pain reduction during invasive procedures. The aim of this study is to report the complications following general anesthesia. Methods In this prospective observational study, two hundred and ...

Pulmonary complications in bone marrow transplantation: a practical approach to diagnosis and treatment.

Pulmonary complications occur in 40% to 60% of recipients of bone marrow trans-plants, account for more than 90% of mortality, and develop during identifiable phases. Phase 1 (Days 1-30) includes pulmonary edema; diffuse alveolar hemorrhage; and various bacterial, fungal, and viral infections; Phase 2 (Days 31-100) usually requires a distinction between cytomegalovirus pneumonitis and idiopathi...

Role of bronchoalveolar lavage in the assessment of pulmonary complications following bone marrow and organ transplantation.

General Anesthesia for Lumbar Puncture and Bone Marrow Aspiration /Biopsy in Children with Cancer

Abstract Background Multiple procedures (Lumbar puncture and bone marrow aspiration /biopsy) cause pain, stress, depression and etc for the patients and their families. Various methods have been recommended for pain reduction during invasive procedures. The aim of this study is to report the complications following general anesthesia. Materials and Methods In this prospective observational ...

Non-infectious pulmonary complications after bone marrow transplantation.

Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is a successful and recognised treatment option for patients with a number of haematological and non-haematological malignant and non-malignant conditions. Pulmonary complications both infectious and non-infectious are common after BMT. Multiple factors are thought to contribute to pulmonary complications, including the type and duration of immunological defect...

Pulmonary complications in adult blood and marrow transplant recipients: autopsy findings.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To describe the pulmonary findings at autopsy of blood and bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients. DESIGN Retrospective. SETTING An academic medical center. PATIENTS Seventy-one deceased adult BMT recipients. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS Antemortem and postmortem pulmonary findings. RESULTS The transplants were allogeneic in 39 patients (55%), with a peripheral ...