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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
We characterized the relationship between severe neutropenia and risk of death in 2,276 patients after marrow transplantation to define objective and clinically relevant criteria that could be used to judge the timing and potential value of interventions designed to improve survival in patients with delayed initial engraftment. Proportional hazard models were used to estimate the relative risk of death before day 100 among patients alive on any given day with an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) less than 100/microL compared with those alive on the same day with an ANC > or = 100/microL. Between day 10 and 14, the risk ratio remained close to 1.0, indicating that the risk of death before day 100 for patients with an ANC less than 100/microL was similar to that for patients with an ANC > or = 100/microL. Between day 15, when 38% of patients had an ANC less than 100/microL, and day 26, when 3.8% of patients had an ANC less than 100/microL, the risk ratio showed an overall upward trend, indicating that patients with an ANC less than 100/microL had a higher risk of death before day 100 than those with an ANC > or = 100/microL. Thereafter, the risk ratio fluctuated between 2.01 and 5.78, indicating consistently higher risks of mortality in patients with severe neutropenia. However, allogeneic and autologous transplant recipients each had distinctive risk ratio patterns. These results could be helpful in deciding the appropriate timing for treatment given to improve graft function after marrow transplantation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4058-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Diseases in Twins, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Hematopoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Leukocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Neutropenia, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Risk, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:8916974-Transplantation Conditioning
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Mortality hazard functions as related to neutropenia at different times after marrow transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.