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Successful non-invasive ventilatory support in a patient with regimen-related toxicity during allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

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A 13-year-old patient with transfusion-dependent β thalassemia major developed acute regimen-related lung toxicity after the conditioning regimen but before allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. He was successfully managed on non-invasive ventilatory support. Advances in non-invasive ventilatory support may drastically improve the outlook of this subset of patients who otherwise have a grim prognosis

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  1. Department of Haematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Programme, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

    K Ghosh, B Rafique, J Tirkey, E Benjamin, S Jacob & J Goes

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Ghosh, K., Rafique, B., Tirkey, J. et al. Successful non-invasive ventilatory support in a patient with regimen-related toxicity during allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 23, 833–834 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1701647

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