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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Bone Marrow Transplant. 2013 Sep 30;49(4):469–476. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2013.152

Table 1.

Adverse Reactions (AR) after Cryopreserved HSC Transplantation

Adverse Reaction category Symptoms Reference Adverse Reaction (AR) Incidence
Allergy Flushing, rash, pruritus, erythema (5,10,18,39,59,6164)
  • Cordoba(4): 67.36% developed AR. Specifically,

    • 43.75% allergic reactions

    • 25% gastrointestinal symptoms

    • 20.83% respiratory symptoms

    • 11.81% cardiovascular

    • 3.47% neurological symptoms

  • Donmez(8): 25.25% developed AR. Specifically,

    • 7.73% cardiac AR

    • 1.54% sinus bradycardia

    • 15.97% non-cardiac AR

  • Kersting(14):

    • Nephropathy incidence 0~29%

  • Konuma(15):

    • 58% systolic hypertension, 64% diastolic hypertension

    • 32% bradycardia

  • Alessandrino(31):

    • 8% non-cardiac complications

    • 57.33% cardiac AR, where 36%

    • hypertension

  • Zambelli(44): 50% developed AR, wherein

    • 22% hypotension

    • 4.54% hypertension

    • 4.5% bradycardia

  • Hazar(65): for children

    • 34–50% renal insufficiency in the early phases

    • 41%, 31% and 11% renal inefficiency at 1, 3 and 7 years after infusion, respectively

  • Graves(66):

    • 0.4% severe AR and 50% non- cardiac AR

  • Keung(67):

    • 65% sinus bradycardia

    • 29.41% heart block

    • 41% hypertension

    • 82% arrhythmias

  • Lopez-Jimenez(68):

    • 41% non-cardiac AR

    • no bradycardia and arrhythmias

Edema, anasarca (8,18)
Bronchospasm (61)
Gastro-intestinal Headache (5,79,15,18,69)
Chest tightness, dyspnea (5,9,15,62,63)
Abdominal cramping/pain, gastrointestinal distress, diarrhea (5,8,14,16,18,59,6163,69)
Nausea, emesis, vomiting (5,8,12,15,16,18,39,43,63)
Renal Hemoglobinuria, proteinuria, mild azotemia (59,69,70)
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) (70)
Urine incontinence (11,71)
Thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia (14,70)
Renal insufficiency, nephropathy, acute renal failure (14,64,65,70,72,73)
Cardio-vascular Hypotension, hypertension (5,8,12,1416,18,31,40,6163,67)
Arrhythmias/bradycardia, tachycardia (6,8,12,15,17,18,20,43,6163,67,69,73)
Hypothermia, hyperthermia (5,8,16,17,70,73)
Rigor, tremor (8,39,70)
Ischemia, hypoxia (39,40,43)
Syncope, coma, somnolence, shock, loss of consciousness, trismus (10,11,19,40,43,7476)
Respiratory arrest, shortness of breath, cardiac arrest, coronary artery spasm (10,12,16,18,19,33,40,43,59,61,64, 77)
Seizure (5,10,12,14,19,73, 74)
Heart block (18,63,67)
Neurological Mydriasis, miosis, Dysarthria, bilateral thalamic infarction, ophthalmic deviation, blurred vision (912,19,71)
Dysgeusia (59)
Reversible leukoencephalopathy (RPL), severe encephalopathy, (39,40,71,73,74)
Central nervous system affected (10,64)
Transient global amnesia (9,19,36,43,71)
Cerebral infarction (36,43)
Cognition problem (9,39,43,71)
Numbness, muscle weakness (8,9,40,43,71)
Mental acuity, anxiety (39,71)
Hepatic Progressive jaundice (64,70)