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. 2011 Dec 7;3(1):e2011060. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2011.060

Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

N %
Total 67
Median age (range)

 ≥18years 33 (18–72) 53

 <18 years: 10.4 (3–16) 14
Sex

 Male 36 53

 Female 28 41
Clinical conditions at Diagnosis

 Bleeding 53 79

 Febrile neutropenia 5 7

 HCV 1 1.5

Transfusion

 Blood Transfusion 66 98

 Platelet transfusion 63 94
Organomegaly

 Hepatomegaly 6 9

 Splenomegaly 7 10
WBC count

 WBC≥10 (x 109/L) 23 34

 WBC<10 (x 109/L) 44 66
Platelet Count

 ≥40 (x 109/L) 16 24

 <40 (x 109/L) 51 76
Sans Risk category

 Low risk 11 16

 Intermediate risk 33 49

 High Risk 23 34

Total 67
Bone Marrow Cellularity

 Hypocellular 26 39

 Hypercellular 17 25

 Normal cellular 24 36

FLT3-ITD (only in 14 patients)

 Wild 11 79

 FLT3-ITD mutation 3 21
Induction Treatment n=62

Doxorubicin or Idarubicin + ATRA 51 82

Pediatric protocol 11 18
Induction Complications

 Bleeding 11 18

 Febrile neutropenia 26 42

 Differentiation syndrome 7 11

 Heart failure 1 1.6
 Death during induction 3 4.47
Consolidation regimen n=59

 Doxorubicin + ATRA 47 80

 Pediatric protocol 12 20
Consolidation Complication

 Febrile neutropenia 9 15

 Death 1 1.49
Maintenance treatment n=58
Median survival mo 19.23
 (95% CI) (16.33–23.75)