Table 4.
Cause of Death
| Renal function at HCT | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal/Mild | Moderate | Severe/RI | |
| Number of patients | 1240 | 185 | 67 |
| Number of death | 315 | 49 | 22 |
| Cause of death | |||
| Primary disease | 255 (81) | 36 (73) | 16 (73) |
| Infection | 8 (3) | 2 (4) | 0 |
| Organ failure1 | 9 (3) | 3 (6) | 2 (9) |
| Secondary malignancy | 5 (2) | 1 (2) | 1 (5) |
| Other2 | 8 (3) | 2 (4) | 0 |
| Unknown | 30 (9) | 5 (10) | 3 (14) |
1
Organ failure: Normal/Mild: ARDS (2), Cardiac (2), Renal (2), TTP/HUS (1), Not specified (2); Moderate: ARDS (2), Cardiac (1); Severe/RF: Pulmonary Edema (1), Renal (1)·
2
Intracranial (1), subarachnoid hemorrhage (1), accidental death (1), thromboembolic (1), prior malignancy (1), hypoxemia, sepsis, hypotension, neutropenia (1), perforated viscus (1), respiratory failure (1), septic shock (1), severe metabolic acidosis (1).
(severe metabolic acidosis: Moderate renal function at HCT)
3
HCT, hematopoietic cell transplantation; RI, renal insufficiency