Febrile Neutropenia
Risk factors for febrile neutropenia and effectiveness of primary prophylaxis with pegfilgrastim in patients with esophageal cancer treated with docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5 fluorouracil
... of febrile neutro- penia, which is viewed as ...preventing febrile neutropenia has been established in other fields such as hematological diseases, it has not yet been in patients undergoing the DCF ...
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Febrile neutropenia in French emergency departments: results of a prospective multicentre survey
... of febrile neutropenia in cancer patients should lead to cautious severity assessment in order to provide appropriate management and therefore improve prognosis ...recommendations, febrile ...
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Garenoxacin Prophylaxis for Febrile Neutropenia after Chemotherapy in Hematological Malignancies
... Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a significant cause of mortality in patients who develop se- vere neutropenia after chemotherapy in hematological malignancies ...of febrile neutropenia, ...
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Protocol for a systematic review of reductions in therapy for children with low-risk febrile neutropenia
... We will include studies that enrolled only children. Studies in which the majority (defined as >80%) of pa- tients are less than 18 years old will be included, even if those patients are not reported separately. This ...
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Cost-effectiveness of Outpatient Management for Febrile Neutropenia in Children With Cancer
... OBJECTIVE: Inpatient management remains the standard of care for treatment of febrile neutropenia (FN) in children with cancer. Clinical data suggest, however, that outpatient management might be a safe and ...
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The practical approach of febrile neutropenia in cancer patients in the emergency room
... for febrile neutropenia is associated with high rates of morbidity, mortality, and costs associated with high number of patients using chemotherapy from the ...discussing Febrile Neutropenia ...
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Prospective cohort study of procalcitonin levels in children with cancer presenting with febrile neutropenia
... Background: Febrile neutropenia (FNP) causes significant morbidity and mortality in children undergoing treatment for ...with febrile neutropenia, both as a single measurement and in addition ...
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First cycle absolute neutrophil count can be used to improve chemotherapy dose delivery and reduce the risk of febrile neutropenia in patients receiving adjuvant therapy: a validation study
... The major challenge to the model’s prospective implemen- tation is the uncertainty that a greater dose intensity would result in clinical benefit, such as survival. Although it is not within the scope of this study to ...
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Comparing the Efficacy of Ceftazidime and Meropenem in Treatment of Febrile Neutropenia in Pediatric Patients with Cancer
... for febrile neutropenia but despite theoretical considerations (6, 11), we observed no advantage of meropenem over ceftazidime as empirical therapy in these ...(sever neutropenia and bone marrow ...
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Diagnostic Value of PCR Analysis of Bacteria and Fungi from Blood in Empiric Therapy Resistant Febrile Neutropenia
... of febrile neutropenia in hematological pa- tients undergoing intensive chemotherapy is important, be- cause bacterial or fungal infections during prolonged neutro- penia are major causes of morbidity and ...
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High risk febrile neutropenia: success rate of antibiotic schemes used in hematology department
... Glycopeptides use for persistent fever was observed in 51.1% of patients. The rate of progression to vancomycin was 47%, 59%, 37%, 52% and 48% and linezolid 9%, 1%, 21%, 5% and 2% for A, B, C, D and E schemes, ...
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Granulocyte colony stimulating factors for febrile neutropenia prophylaxis following chemotherapy : systematic review and meta analysis
... respectively. Febrile neutropenia (FN) is defined as neutropenia with fever, usually indicating infection, and is associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and costs ...
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Plasma presepsin level is an early diagnostic marker of severe febrile neutropenia in hematologic malignancy patients
... In cases of Bacillus sp., plasma presepsin level was not elevated at the onset of febrile neutropenia. In both cases, presepsin level was elevated 2 days after the onset. Case 10 is the aplastic anemia ...
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<p>Retrospective Study Of The Management Of Suspected Febrile Neutropenia In A Single-Centre Metropolitan Western Sydney Hospital</p>
... potential febrile neu- tropenic patients presenting to the Emergency Department ...ED febrile neutropenic guideline suggests that all patients presenting as “ hot and high risk ” (at risk for febrile ...
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Original Article Intra-hospital survival of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients with febrile neutropenia
... Abstract: Background: Recent data regarding the survival of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) patients with febrile neutropenia (FN) are lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic ...
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Multiday corticosteroids in cancer chemotherapy delay the diagnosis of and antimicrobial administration for febrile neutropenia: a double-center retrospective study
... FN: Febrile neutropenia; G- CSF: Granulocyte – colony-stimulating factor; MASCC: Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer; NCCN: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network; NSAIDs: ...
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Procalcitonin as a marker of infection in febrile neutropenia: A systematic review
... Aim: Management of febrile neutropenia is chal- lenged by lacking microbiological and clinical documentation of infection. Procalcitonin is emer- ging as a new promising biomarker of infection. We aimed to ...
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Granulocyte colony-stimulating factors for febrile neutropenia prophylaxis following chemotherapy: systematic review and meta-analysis
... respectively. Febrile neutropenia (FN) is defined as neutropenia with fever, usually indicating infection, and is associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and costs ...
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Bacterial infection profiles in lung cancer patients with febrile neutropenia
... of neutropenia expected in <10 days, no neurological or mental changes, no appearance of illness (40%); in addition, according to the scoring index, most of our patients are in the 20-22 points ...that ...
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Variation in practice remains in the UK management of paediatric febrile neutropenia
... of febrile neutropenia (FN) practice have previously demonstrated variation in definitions for FN and its management 1,2 ...their febrile neutropenia policy and any admissions over a 2 week ...
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