Acute pulmonary failure during remission induction chemotherapy in adults with acute myeloid leukemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-97

  Ameri, Ali Al ^a   Koller, Charles ^a   Kantarjian, Hagop ^a   Ravandi, Farhad ^a   Verstovsek, Srdan ^a   Borthakur, Gautam ^a   Pierce, Sherry ^a   Mattiuzzi, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Acute pulmonary failure; Adults; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74549146154     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24711     Document Type: Article

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