Accuracy of Patient-Collected Vital Signs.

Telehealth has emerged as an important clinical setting for managing acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs), potentially reducing emergency department and urgent care overcrowding, and reducing nosocomial transmission. Many current algorithms for ARI management incorporate information on patient vital signs. However, the accuracy of vital signs collected by patients using readily available home devices and techniques has not been studied.

Outcomes of Patients with Heavily Pretreated Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Receiving Salvage Cytotoxic Therapy with Supportive Stem Cell Boost.

Background: Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable hematologic malignancy characterized by the neoplastic proliferation of plasma cells, which produce monoclonal immunoglobulin that can cause vital organ damage, subsequently leading to significant morbidity and mortality. Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (ASCT) is the standard-of-care management of eligible patients with newly diagnosed MM. Experts recommend collecting enough stem cells upfront to support a possible tandem transplant, salvage ASCT, or a stem cell "boost" to allow for the administration of multiagent cytotoxic chemotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory disease.

Sustained Hematopoietic Engraftment Potential after Prolonged Storage of Cryopreserved Hematopoietic Stem Cells Used in Salvage Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation.

Salvage autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an effective treatment for patients with relapsed multiple myeloma (MM). Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs), a source of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), are collected before the first transplantation, and adequate quantities of PBSCs can be collected and stored potentially for years to support at least 2 transplantations for eligible patients. To ensure the safety of salvage HSCT in the treatment of patients in subsequent relapse, PBSCs must retain the potential to engraft even after several years of cryopreservation.