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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Haematol. 2020 Mar 2;189(6):1171–1181. doi: 10.1111/bjh.16457

Table 3:

Causes of Death

Causes of death, N (%) No TMA (n=10644) TMA (n=429)
Organ failure 1848 (17) 104 (24)
  Multisystem organ failure 359 25
  Pulmonary failure 413 23
  ARDS 228 15
  IPS 117 7
  Pneumonitis 65 1
  DAD or other pulmonary syndrome 23 1
  Cardiac failure 220 12
  Liver failure 62 3
  VOD/SOS 99 4
  Renal failure 38 6
  CNS failure 37 1
  Other organ failure or not specified 187 6
Primary Disease 4738 (45) 96 (22)
Infection 1715 (16) 87 (20)
Graft versus Host disease 1275 (12) 81 (19)
Hemorrhage or vascular 266 (3) 35 (8)
Second malignancy 224 (2) 3 (<1)
Graft rejection/failure 151 (1) 2 (<1)
Other/unknown 427 (4) 21 (5)

Abbreviations: IPS - Idiopathic pulmonary syndrome, DAD – diffuse alveolar damage, ARDS – acute respiratory distress syndrome, VOD – veno-occlusive disease, SOS - sinusoidal obstruction syndrome, CNS – central nervous system