The Dinakara equation for adjusting DLCO for hemoglobin in the HCT-CI is superior to the Cotes equation for predicting high-risk patients in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Am J Hematol. 2016 May;91(5):E296. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24318. Epub 2016 Apr 6.

Authors

Yasuhiko Shibasaki¹, Takayuki Katagiri², Hironori Kobayashi², Takashi Ushiki², Miwako Narita², Hirohito Sone², Tatsuo Furukawa³, Masayoshi Masuko¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
² Department of Hematology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Niigata University Faculty of Medicine, Niigata, Japan.
³ Department of Hematology, Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital, Niigata, Japan.

PMID: 26840242
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24318

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Algorithms*
Allografts
Carbon Dioxide / metabolism*
Comorbidity
Europe
Female
Hematologic Neoplasms / epidemiology
Hematologic Neoplasms / therapy
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation* / mortality
Hemoglobins / analysis*
Humans
Japan
Lung Diseases / epidemiology
Lung Diseases / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Prognosis
Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment*
United States
Young Adult

Substances

Hemoglobins
Carbon Dioxide