Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated with Tumour Lysis Syndrome in Leukemia

Acute tumour lysis syndrome (ATLS) developed in two patients with acute myelogenous leukemia soon after they were treated with cytosine arabinoside. The patients also developed respiratory distress requiring intubation. Autopsy and clinical findings demonstrated the presence of acute respiratory dis...

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Main Authors: Chaim M Bell, Thomas E Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1997-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1997/947060
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description Acute tumour lysis syndrome (ATLS) developed in two patients with acute myelogenous leukemia soon after they were treated with cytosine arabinoside. The patients also developed respiratory distress requiring intubation. Autopsy and clinical findings demonstrated the presence of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). An association appears to be present between ARDS and ATLS in this group of patients.
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spelling doaj-art-31a5c27141b44b1884e92b210c23c7462025-02-03T01:06:19ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22411997-01-0141485110.1155/1997/947060Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated with Tumour Lysis Syndrome in LeukemiaChaim M Bell0Thomas E Stewart1Department of Medicine and Division of Respirology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaIntensive Care Unit, Wellesley-Central Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAcute tumour lysis syndrome (ATLS) developed in two patients with acute myelogenous leukemia soon after they were treated with cytosine arabinoside. The patients also developed respiratory distress requiring intubation. Autopsy and clinical findings demonstrated the presence of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). An association appears to be present between ARDS and ATLS in this group of patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1997/947060
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated with Tumour Lysis Syndrome in Leukemia
Canadian Respiratory Journal
title Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated with Tumour Lysis Syndrome in Leukemia
title_full Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated with Tumour Lysis Syndrome in Leukemia
title_fullStr Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated with Tumour Lysis Syndrome in Leukemia
title_full_unstemmed Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated with Tumour Lysis Syndrome in Leukemia
title_short Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Associated with Tumour Lysis Syndrome in Leukemia
title_sort acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with tumour lysis syndrome in leukemia
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