How do you approach the treatment of HSCT-associated thrombotic microangiopathy?
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Hematology · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
TMA can be due to multiple insults:
- If the patient is on tacrolimus or cyclosporine, the dose should be reduced. These drugs cause the renal afferent arterioles to spasm, and RBC fragmentation can occur on that basis. It typically responds to a dose reduction
- If the patient was conditioning with TB...