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Objective To investigate the influencing factors of diagnostic time in adult moyamoya disease (MMD) and provide evidence for its early diagnosis. Methods The clinical data of 65 consecutive patients, admitted to our hopspital from August 2008 to December 2009, were retrospectively analyzed. Logistic regression nalysis was employed to confirm the relevant factors of diagnostic time. Results The 65 patients with early diagnosis and late diagnosis were 41 (63.1%) and 24 (36.9%), respectively. The percentage of patients firstly visiting a hospital with the third grade, patients with high education and high income, and patients having initial hemorrhage of the early diagnosis group was significantly higher than that in those of late diagnosis group (P<0.05). Through a logistic regression analysis, the grade of initial hospital, the level of education, initial symptom and economic level were significantly associated with the early diagnosis, and the patients having initial hemorrhage and firstly visiting a hospital with higher grade were diagnosed earlier (OR=3.401, 95%CI 1.301-8.892, P=0.013;OR=26.351, 95%CI 4.953-140.193, P=0.000). Conclusion Patients with MMD having initial hemorrhage and firstly visiting a hospital with the third grade can be early diagnosed.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the toxicity of conditioning regimens of modified Bu/Cy +/- antithymocyte (ATG) in early stage after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A hundred patients with hematological malignancies undergoing allo-HSCT were assessed. Forty-two patients (group A) were conditioned with modified Bu/Cy regimen, 58 (group B) with modified Bu/Cy+ATG regimen. The occurrence of toxicity during the early stage after transplantation was evaluated and compared, including non-infectious fever, diarrhea, hepatotoxicity, mucositis and hematological toxicity.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In group A and B, the incidence of non-infectious fever was 4.8% vs 81.0%, transaminase elevation 59.5% vs 65.5%, bilirubin elevation 16.7% vs 48.3%, diarrhea 59.5% vs 79.3% and mucositis 45.2% vs 37.9%, respectively, white blood cells reached zero occurred at a median of +3 d and -3 d, the rate of red cell and platelet transfusion-dependence, within 10 days before transplantation was 11.9% vs 32.8 and 16.7% vs 82.8%, respectively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Significant higher incidence of non-infectious fever, diarrhea, hepatotoxicity, leukopenia, and transfusion dependence is found and considered to be related to the administration of ATG in the conditioning regimen.</p>