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## BACKGROUND: The use of granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) to increase the granulocyte count and the yield from leukapheresis in normal donors is leading to renewed interest in granulocyte transfusion. Therefore, it is important to understand the side effects of G-CSF. ## STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: We studied the effect of G-CSF on peripheral blood counts and recorded the side effects experienced 24 hours after an injection of G-CSF in normal subjects donating peripheral blood progenitor cells for research. RESULTS: Following administration of G-CSF to 261 donors, the neutrophil count increased to 20.6 to 24.5 × 10 9 per μL depending on the dose of G-CSF. This represented a 6.2 to 7.4-fold increase over the neutrophil count before G-CSF administration. Of all donors, 69 percent experienced one or more side effects. The most common effects were: muscle and bone pain, headache, fatigue, and nausea. There was a relationship between the dose of G-CSF and the likelihood of experiencing a side effect. Most side effects were mild, but about 75 percent of donors took analgesics because of them. CONCLUSIONS: In a granulocyte donation program involving G-CSF stimulation, about tw

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Author

J. McCullough; M. Clay; G. Herr; J. Smith; D. Stroncek

Publisher

Elsevier Science; John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Elsevier; Elsevier BV; Wiley (ISSN 0372-1248)

Published

1999

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)