Bone Marrow Transplantation

Kotloff RM, Ahya VN, Crawford SW et al. Pulmonary complications of solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004; 170:22-48. A State of Art article that provides an excellent overview of the complications of solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
PMID:  15070821
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Segal BH, Walsh TJ, Current approaches to diagnosis and treatment of invasive aspergillosis.  Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006; 173:707-17.  Excellent review of aspergillosis in bone marrow transplant patients and other immune-compromised patients, including diagnosis, antifungal therapy, and immune augmentation strategies.
PMID:  16387806
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Patel NR, Lee PS, Kim JH, et al. The influence of diagnostic bronchoscopy on clinical outcomes comparing adult autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplant patients.  Chest. 2005; 127:1388-96. Review of bronchoscopies performed between 1997 and 2001 found bronch revealed a specific diagnosis more often in allogeneic (50%) than autologous (34%) recipients. A subset of 27 patients underwent surgical biopsy after bronchoscopy, which yielded a diagnosis half the time.
PMID:  15821221
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**See also Procedures (bronchoscopy)