A chart review was conducted of patients admitted for FN at one tertiary care children's hospital, where the standard is to discharge well-appearing patients after 48 hours of negative cultures if afebrile for at least 24 hours, irrespective of absolute neutrophil count (ANC). Patients with ...
Regarding laboratory baseline parameters, some (WBC and neutrophil counts, N/L ratio, CRP and IL-6 values) showed the most marked alterations in the NRM group, and not in the NIV or OTI groups, as expected. Furthermore, patients in the NRM group showed median values for T-lymphocyte subse...
PurposeDoes giving full-dose adjuvant chemotherapy to patients with early stage breast cancer (ESBC) regardless of the day-before absolute neutrophil count (ANC) lead to an increased incidence of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (CIFN)? What factors may predispose patients to CIFN?MethodsThis...