[Breathing difficulties in children subjected to bone marrow

Medicina intensiva · Dec 2011

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[Breathing difficulties in children subjected to bone marrow transplantation].

Up to 60% of all children that receive to bone marrow transplantation (BMT) develop respiratory distress. It constitutes a common complication in this kind of patients, due to the increasing number of therapeutic applications of BMT and to improvement in the therapeutic approach to the problems associated with this procedure. We describe the different causes of respiratory distress after BMT in relation to its initiation or the presence of infection in its origin. The diagnosis and treatment are also reviewed.

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- A García Salido, M Nieto Moro, and J Casado Flores.
- Servicio de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España. citopensis@yahoo.es
- Med Intensiva. 2011 Dec 1;35(9):569-77.
AbstractUp to 60% of all children that receive to bone marrow transplantation (BMT) develop respiratory distress. It constitutes a common complication in this kind of patients, due to the increasing number of therapeutic applications of BMT and to improvement in the therapeutic approach to the problems associated with this procedure. We describe the different causes of respiratory distress after BMT in relation to its initiation or the presence of infection in its origin. The diagnosis and treatment are also reviewed.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier España, S.L. y SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.

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