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. 2021 Dec 7;61(8):3317–3328. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab877

Table 2.

Adverse events after transplant (up to 1-year post-transplant)

Category No. of patients Grade Day of events following AHSCT
Neurologic 2
 Sensory neuropathy 1 4 17
 Motor neuropathy 1 4 91
 Hydrocephalus and encephalopathy 1 4a 127
Infectious 6
 Tuberculous meningoencephalitis 1 5 121
 Human coronavirus HKU1 pneumonia 1 5 186
 CMV reactivation 3 3 22, 23, 29, 190
 Febrile neutropenia 1 4 8
 Catheter-related infection 1 3 221
 Catheter-related infection 1 4 25
Aspergillus pneumonia 1 3 170
 Influenza A pneumonia 1 3 92
Klebsiella pneumonia 1 3 179
Listeria bacteraemia 1 3 56
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia 1 3 152
 Norovirus gastroenteritis 1 3 215
Escherichia coli enterocolitis 1 3 238
Proteus UTI 1 3 357
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia 1 3 357
GI 3
 Pneumatosis—hemicolectomy 1 4 237
 Appendicitis 1 4 20
 Anorexia 1 3 4
 Diarrhoea 1 3 182
 Nausea and vomiting 1 3 182
Pulmonary 3
 Pneumonitis 1 3 92
 Dyspnoea and hypoxia 2 3 78, 92
Ophthalmologic 1
 Retinopathy 1 4 29
 Blurred vision/retinopathy 1 3 13
Haematologic 5
 Purpura 1 3 11
 Thrombocytopenia 3 3 4, 4, 4
 Thrombocytopenia 5 4 2, 3, 6, 49, 308
 Leukopenia 3 3 9, 10, 51
 Leukopenia 3 4 1, 2, 148
 Lymphopenia 3 3 14, 17, 21
 Lymphopenia 4 4 12, 15, 28, 35
 Neutropenia 3 3 9, 10, 107
 Neutropenia 5 4 1, 1, 1, 2, 3
 Anaemia 3 3 3, 9, 15
 Anaemia 1 4 103
 Elevated aPTT 1 3 188
Cardiac 1
 Hypertension 1 4 2
 Pericardial effusion 1 4 3
 Cardiac arrhythmia (AV block and asystole) 1 5 188
Metabolic 3
 Hyperuricemia 1 4 54
 Hyperkalaemia 1 3 5
 Hyperkalaemia 1 4 292
 Hypocalcaemia 2 3 3, 6
 Hypophosphatemia 2 3 56, 177
 Hyponatremia 2 3 186, 334
 Hypermagnesemia 1 3 78
 Elevated amylase/lipase 1 4 7
 Elevated ALT/AST 2 3 23, 269
 Hypoalbuminemia 1 3 8
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Patient died from tuberculous meningoencephalitis. UTI: urinary tract infection; AV: atrioventricular; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate transaminase.