How do you manage severe cytarabine syndrome in AML patients, manifesting as severe hypotension, fevers, rash, and myalgias?
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Medical Oncology · Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
The cytarabine syndrome is a well-described (Castleberry et al. (1981) Medical and Pediatric Oncology 9:257) syndrome mediated by pro-inflammatory cytokines that are associated with fever, hypotension, rash, and often renal failure. In my experience, its most severe manifestations occur when a patie...