Acute respiratory failure in 3 children with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Gustafsson, Britt ^a   Hellebostad, Marit ^c   Ifversen, Marianne ^d   Sander, Birgitta ^a,b   Hasle, Henrik ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

6 mercaptopurine; acute respiratory failure; cytarabine; juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; leukemic infiltration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUDARABINE; MELPHALAN; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISOLONE; THIOTEPA;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA CELL; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, JUVENILE; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; LUNG; MALE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 80455164734     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182055e44     Document Type: Article

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