Background People with febrile neutropaenia are usually treated in a hospital setting.
Recently, treatment with oral antibiotics has been proven to be as effective as intravenous …

BACKGROUND. Many studies have succeeded in identifying a subset of children with
febrile neutropenia (FN) who are at lower risk of infectious complications and eventual …

Purpose Reduced intensity therapy for children with low-risk febrile neutropenia may
provide benefits to both patients and the health service. We have explored the safety of …

OBJECTIVE: Inpatient management remains the standard of care for treatment of febrile
neutropenia (FN) in children with cancer. Clinical data suggest, however, that outpatient …

Background Febrile neutropenia (FN) is an early indicator of infection in oncology patients
post-chemotherapy. We aimed to determine clinical predictors of septic shock and/or …

Background: The aim of this study was to validate the 'Predicting Infectious ComplicatioNs in
Children with Cancer'(PICNICC) clinical decision rule (CDR) that predicts microbiologically …

Background There is a debate on whether preventive home visits to older people have any
impact. This study was undertaken to investigate whether preventive home visits by …

Background There is no consensus on whether therapeutic intensity can be reduced safely
in children with low-risk febrile neutropenia (FN). Our primary objective was to determine …

Objective To assess the trends of inpatient resource use and mortality in pediatric
hospitalizations for fever with neutropenia in the US from 2007 to 2014. Study design Using …

Purpose To determine risk factors (RFs) and their relationship with life-threatening infection
(LTI) in children with febrile neutropenia (FN). Method In this cross-sectional study, from …