The utility of acute-phase reactants, such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, and procalcitonin, along with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug challenge should be further evaluated as adjunct tools for the workup of fever in patients with cancer.ReferencesSection:1. MacLaren,...
People with serious medical illnesses, such as cancer or HIV, may not show some or any of these warning signs. Mild symptoms with fever in this patient population should be discussed with the doctor to prevent them from progressing into more serious infections or other conditions. When to Go ...
Reduction by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor of fever and neutropenia induced by chemotherapy in patients with small-cell lung cancer. BACKGROUND: Neutropenia and infection are major dose-limiting side effects of chemotherapy. Previous studies have suggested that recombinant methionyl gran... J Craw...
(4) FUO associated with HIV infection. Because hospital admission is so expensive and thorough diagnostic testing now can be performed in outpatient settings, the definition recently was modified to remove the requirement that a hospital be the setting for 1 week of evaluation. The revised criteria...
1.Evalation of hepatectomy for treatment of primary liver cancer;手术切除治疗原发性肝癌的疗效 2.Surgical therapy of primary liver cancer associated with carcinoma thrombosis of biliary;原发性肝癌合并胆管癌栓的外科治疗 3.The experience of diagnosis and prognosis of the primary liver cancer fracture ...
Courtney MD, Aldeen AZ, Gorman SM, Handler JA, Trifilio SM, Parada JP, Bennett CL (2007) Cancer- associated neutropenic fever: clinical outcome and economic costs of emergency department care. Oncologist 12:1019–1026Courtney DM, Aldeen AZ, Gorman SM et al (2007) Cancer associated ...
(See "Pathophysiology and treatment of fever in adults" and "Fever of unknown origin in adults: Evaluation and management" and "Fever of unknown origin in adults: Etiologies" and "Overview of neutropenic fever syndromes" and "Diagnostic approach to the adult cancer patient with neutropenic fever"...
Journals & Books Help Search My accountSign in View PDF Download full issue Search ScienceDirect Vaccine Volume 35, Issue 44, 20 October 2017, Pages 6015-6023Development of vaccines against Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus Author links open overlay panel...
hyperthermia can be used to substantially improve the chance for disease-free and long-term survival, or allows for the use of lower systemic doses of radiation and drugs to reduce the severity of the negative side effects typically associated withcancer treatment. However, accurately controlling th...
a weak immune system caused by disease (such as cancer, HIV, or AIDS), or by taking certain medicines such as steroids; a disorder such as myasthenia gravis; a disease or tumor of the thymus gland, or if your thymus gland has been surgically removed; or if you have received a transpl...