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Characteristics of Early ARDS In Patients with AML

Leuk Lymphoma; ePub 2018 Feb 12; Van de Louw, et al

Publish date:: February 28, 2018

Leukemia-specific complications and documented infections were the most frequent acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) etiologies in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a retrospective analysis involving 280 individuals. Participants had newly-diagnosed AML. Investigators looked at incidence, risk factors, and early mortality linked with ARDS that occurred within 15 days of AML diagnosis. Among the results:

9% of patients developed ARDS.
ARDS was linked with 64% day-30 mortality.
White blood cell count on admission was a moderate predictor of ARDS.
BMI, transfusions, and sepsis were linked with ARDS after univariate analysis, but the associations were not significant after multivariate analysis.

Citation:

Van de Louw A, Desai R, Zhu J, Claxton D., Characteristics of early acute respiratory distress syndrome in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia. [Published online ahead of print February 12, 2018]. Leuk Lymphoma. doi:10.1080/10428194.2018.1435874.

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