Initial white blood cell kinetics for assessment of individual response to the conditioning regimen in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients

We hypothesized that the individual hematological response to chemo/ radiotherapy may be used as a parameter to assess the degree of myeloablation and probability of transplant-related events. This study included 58 pediatric patients who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplan...

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Main Authors: Barış Kuşkonmaz, S Songül Yalçın, Dilek Azkur, Selin Aytaç-Eyüpoğlu, Pınar Özdemir, Mualla Çetin, Duygu Uçkan-Çetinkaya
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Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2014-02-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1311
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author Barış Kuşkonmaz
S Songül Yalçın
Dilek Azkur
Selin Aytaç-Eyüpoğlu
Pınar Özdemir
Mualla Çetin
Duygu Uçkan-Çetinkaya
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S Songül Yalçın
Dilek Azkur
Selin Aytaç-Eyüpoğlu
Pınar Özdemir
Mualla Çetin
Duygu Uçkan-Çetinkaya
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description We hypothesized that the individual hematological response to chemo/ radiotherapy may be used as a parameter to assess the degree of myeloablation and probability of transplant-related events. This study included 58 pediatric patients who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). White blood cell (WBC) ratio (pre-conditioning WBC: day 0 WBC), day 0 WBC count, and WBC nadir day were used as potential indicators of myeloablation. The association between WBC kinetics and clinical result of HSCT was investigated. There was a positive correlation between WBC ratio and the date of engraftment. A positive correlation was noted between day 0 WBC count and engraftment day. There was a negative correlation between WBC nadir day and engraftment day. WBC nadir day was lower in patients with acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) than in cases without acute GVHD. Among patients who had fever during the conditioning regimen, the WBC ratio was higher, day 0 WBC count was lower, and WBC nadir day was lower in patients who developed >5 days of fever between day 0 and day +30. The present preliminary study suggests that WBC kinetics may be used as a measure of initial hematological response to the conditioning regimen and perhaps in determining the degree of myeloablation.
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spelling doaj-art-b57fd3f0529c4fb4b24afddbd95dc7cb2025-08-20T02:01:53ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212014-02-01561Initial white blood cell kinetics for assessment of individual response to the conditioning regimen in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patientsBarış Kuşkonmaz0S Songül YalçınDilek AzkurSelin Aytaç-EyüpoğluPınar ÖzdemirMualla ÇetinDuygu Uçkan-ÇetinkayaDivisions of 1Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. duckan@hacettepe.edu.tr. We hypothesized that the individual hematological response to chemo/ radiotherapy may be used as a parameter to assess the degree of myeloablation and probability of transplant-related events. This study included 58 pediatric patients who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). White blood cell (WBC) ratio (pre-conditioning WBC: day 0 WBC), day 0 WBC count, and WBC nadir day were used as potential indicators of myeloablation. The association between WBC kinetics and clinical result of HSCT was investigated. There was a positive correlation between WBC ratio and the date of engraftment. A positive correlation was noted between day 0 WBC count and engraftment day. There was a negative correlation between WBC nadir day and engraftment day. WBC nadir day was lower in patients with acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) than in cases without acute GVHD. Among patients who had fever during the conditioning regimen, the WBC ratio was higher, day 0 WBC count was lower, and WBC nadir day was lower in patients who developed >5 days of fever between day 0 and day +30. The present preliminary study suggests that WBC kinetics may be used as a measure of initial hematological response to the conditioning regimen and perhaps in determining the degree of myeloablation. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1311
spellingShingle Barış Kuşkonmaz
S Songül Yalçın
Dilek Azkur
Selin Aytaç-Eyüpoğlu
Pınar Özdemir
Mualla Çetin
Duygu Uçkan-Çetinkaya
Initial white blood cell kinetics for assessment of individual response to the conditioning regimen in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
title Initial white blood cell kinetics for assessment of individual response to the conditioning regimen in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients
title_full Initial white blood cell kinetics for assessment of individual response to the conditioning regimen in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients
title_fullStr Initial white blood cell kinetics for assessment of individual response to the conditioning regimen in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients
title_full_unstemmed Initial white blood cell kinetics for assessment of individual response to the conditioning regimen in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients
title_short Initial white blood cell kinetics for assessment of individual response to the conditioning regimen in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients
title_sort initial white blood cell kinetics for assessment of individual response to the conditioning regimen in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients
url https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/1311
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