Assessment and treatment of low-risk febrile neutropenic (LRFN) pediatric patients with cancer
β Scribed by Zubizarreta, Pedro ;Paganini, Hugo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 27 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
- DOI
- 10.1002/mpo.1331
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## BACKGROUND. Fever and neutropenia (F&N) is a common complication of cancer chemotherapy. It is conveniently managed by hospitalization and empiric administration of parenteral antibiotics. This study attempted to determine whether pediatric cancer patients with F&N identified as low risk for mo
## Abstract ## Background The empiric administration of antiβmicrobial therapy significantly reduces the morbidity and mortality associated with febrile neutropenic episodes in oncology patients. Outpatient empiric antibiotic therapy can be safely administered to a subset of febrile neutropenic pa