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. 2016 Sep 9;31(1):58–64. doi: 10.1038/leu.2016.219

Table 2. Summary of deaths during induction.

ID Patient details Comorbidities Hepatotoxicity (grade) Neutropenic sepsis (organism) Haemorrhage (site) Thrombosis/visceral ischaemia (site) Pancreatitis Other PEG-ASP doses Days from last PEG-ASP dose
1003 Age 54 years PH− Liver cirrhosis 4 Not known         D4 and 18 19
1004 Age 46 years PH+ None   Pseudomonas aeruginosa   Acute coronary syndrome     D4 16
1011 Age 43 years PH+ None 4 Escherichia coli       Renal failure D4 & 18 8
1021 Age 65 years PH− None 4 Pseudomonas aeruginosa   Gastrointestinal     D4 50
1026 Age 64 years PH+ Depression 4 Pseudomonas aeruginosa         D4 20
1028 Age 38 years PH+ None   Enterococcus faecium         D4 15
1029 Age 60 years PH+ IHD 4 Escherichia coli         D4 14
1030 Age 49 years PH+ None     Pulmonary       D4 6
1039 Age 62 years PH+ None 2     Small bowel     D4 10
1043 Age 63 years PH− Grade 4 renal failure 4 Klebsiella pneumoniae Carotid artery puncture site       D4 and D18 43
1049 Age 56 years PH+ None 4 Pseudomonas aeruginosa         D4 11
1057 Age 57 years PH− None 4     Small bowel     D4 20
1061 Age 54 years PH+ Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation 3       Yes GI perforation D4 10
1063 Age 62 years PH+ None   Coagulase-negative staph/Enterococcus faecium         D4 and D18 12
1068 Age 64 years PH+ None 4 Respiratory syncytial virus       Renal failure D4 21
2007 Age 55 years PH− None   Pseudomonas aeruginosa         D4 and D18 8

Abbreviations: IHD, ischaemic heart disease; PEG-ASP, pegylated asparaginase.