Outpatient Management of Neutropenic Fever: Antibiotics, Growth Factors or Both?

作者: Edward B Rubenstein , Linda S. Elting , Charlotte C. Sun , Kenneth V. I. Rolston

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5013-6_8

关键词: Risk of infectionAbsolute neutrophil countNeutropeniaMedicineInternal medicineFebrile neutropeniaMyelosuppressive ChemotherapyCancerIntensive care medicineAntibioticsOutpatient management

摘要: The association of neutropenia and infection in patients with cancer receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy was established over three decades ago by Bodey et al, who demonstrated that the risk began to increase as neutrophil count fell below 1000/mm3 greatest at levels 100/mm3 (Figure 1)1.

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