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ArticleThe Permanente journal2015

Utility of the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) Risk Index Score as a Criterion for Nonadmission in Febrile Neutropenic Patients with Solid Tumors.

Roger A Bitar

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Article in The Permanente journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Correlation between MASCC score and the evolution of febrile neutropenia in patients with solid tumors: a retrospective study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  3. Use of MASCC score in the inpatient management of febrile neutropenia: a single-center retrospective study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  8. Rapid Fire: Infectious Disease Emergencies in Patients with Cancer.Emergency medicine clinics of North America · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Roger A BitarConsultant with Mission Infectious Disease and Infusion Consultants, Inc, in Poway, CA, and a former Infectious Disease Specialist at the San Diego Medical Center. rbitar0304@att.net.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Febrile neutropenic episodes in patients with solid tumors were identified electronically from 10/1/2008 to 11/15/2010. Inclusion criteria were met in 198 episodes. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the MASCC risk index score vs complications were, respectively, 94%, 29.6%, 57.7%, and 82.9%. An MASCC risk index score of 21 or greater could not be used as a criterion for "no complication/ do not admit." Inability to eat should be an admission criterion.

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Health Status IndicatorsAgedAlgorithmsAnti-Bacterial AgentsFebrile NeutropeniaFemaleHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSensitivity and SpecificityAnti-Bacterial Agents

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PMID26176568
PMCPMC4500479

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