Table 4. Causes of Death in Patients... | American Society of Hematology

Table 4.

Causes of Death in Patients With Severe Aplastic Anemia Dying More Than 2 Years After Transplantation

UPN	Survival Posttransplant (yrs)	Chronic GVHD	Cause of Death
2688	3.1	−	Suicide
357	16.1	−	HIV^3-150
758	16.1	−	Car accident
261	20.4	−	Dyskeratosis congenita; pulmonary failure^3-151
2471	2.5	+	Septicemia
2093	2.6	+	Pulmonary failure
1273	4.0	+	Septicemia
1604	4.2	+	Pulmonary failure
1525	6.3	+	Septicemia
872	7.8	+	Pulmonary failure^3-151
2332	9.2	+	HIV^3-150
3110	9.9	+	Pulmonary failure
927	10.4	+	Squamous cell carcinoma, tongue, metastatic
675	13.5	+	Pulmonary failure
736	14.3	+	HIV^3-150
294	14.6	+	Squamous cell carcinoma, tongue, metastatic
520	18.3	+	Squamous cell carcinoma, recurrent

UPN	Survival Posttransplant (yrs)	Chronic GVHD	Cause of Death
2688	3.1	−	Suicide
357	16.1	−	HIV^3-150
758	16.1	−	Car accident
261	20.4	−	Dyskeratosis congenita; pulmonary failure^3-151
2471	2.5	+	Septicemia
2093	2.6	+	Pulmonary failure
1273	4.0	+	Septicemia
1604	4.2	+	Pulmonary failure
1525	6.3	+	Septicemia
872	7.8	+	Pulmonary failure^3-151
2332	9.2	+	HIV^3-150
3110	9.9	+	Pulmonary failure
927	10.4	+	Squamous cell carcinoma, tongue, metastatic
675	13.5	+	Pulmonary failure
736	14.3	+	HIV^3-150
294	14.6	+	Squamous cell carcinoma, tongue, metastatic
520	18.3	+	Squamous cell carcinoma, recurrent

Abbreviations: GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; UPN, unique patient number.

All three cases occurred before blood testing for HIV became standard.

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