Background In some centers, outpatient management for cancer patients with low-risk febrile
neutropenia (FN) has been implemented into routine clinical practice. Our objective was to …

Purpose We retrospectively compared the outcomes and costs of outpatient and inpatient
management of low-risk outpatients who presented to an emergency department with febrile …

Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a common complication among patients with cancer receiving
cancer therapy. 1-3 Studies estimate that 10%-50% of patients with solid tumors and up to …

Purpose Febrile neutropenia commonly complicates cancer chemotherapy. Outpatient
treatment may reduce costs and improve patient comfort but risk progression of undetected …

A comment on this article appears in" Outpatient management of febrile neutropenia:
concerns for the future." J Support Oncol. 2008 May-Jun; 6 (5): 217-8. A comment on this …

All patients with febrile neutropenia should undergo risk stratification on admission, and low-
risk patients should be considered eligible for combination oral antibiotics from the outset …

Purpose To provide an updated joint ASCO/Infectious Diseases Society of American (IDSA)
guideline on outpatient management of fever and neutropenia in patients with cancer …

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: Febrile neutropenia (FN) is an oncologic emergency which should be treated
immediately with empiric antibiotics. Different institutions observe different antibiograms and …

Importance Although febrile neutropenia (FN) is a major source of morbidity and mortality for
patients with solid tumors, little is known about the use of guideline-based care. Objectives …