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In: The EBMT/EHA CAR-T Cell Handbook [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2022. Chapter 31.
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CAR-T cell treatment comes with significant side effects that challenge the structure and capacity of haematology wards and will regularly necessitate intermittent patient transfer to the ICU. Life-threatening adverse events include cytokine release syndrome and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome, which can occur within hours or days after administration. Sepsis might also require ICU admission within the days that follow CAR-T infusion in these high-risk immunocompromised patients.

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