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Objectives: Haematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) is a cellular therapy for a group of high-risk children with cancer, immunodeficiency and metabolic disorders. Whilst curative for a child's underlying condition, HCT has significant risks associated, including lung injury. These complications are associated with increased post HCT mortality and require improved methods of risk stratification, diagnosis and treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) is a cellular therapy that, whilst curative for a child's underlying disease, carries significant risk of mortality, including because of pulmonary complications. The aims of this study were to describe the burden of pulmonary complications post-HCT in a cohort of Australian children and identify risk factors for the development of these complications.
Methods: Patients were identified from the HCT databases at two paediatric transplant centres in Australia.