ArticleJournal of oncology2018
Prognostic Factors Predicting Poor Outcome in Cancer Patients with Febrile Neutropenia in the Emergency Department: Usefulness of qSOFA.
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- Association of time to antibiotics and clinical outcomes in patients with fever and neutropenia during chemotherapy for cancer: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Pooled it
- Development and Validation of a Prognostic Risk Score for Patients With Cancer and Neutropenic Fever Presenting to the Emergency Department.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2026Article
- Effect of Fresh versus Cryopreserved Grafts on Febrile Neutropenia and Infections in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Factors Determining Mortality.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Clinical Outcome of Febrile Neutropenia and Associated Factors Among Adult Patients with Cancer Treated at Ethiopian Oncology Centers: A Retrospective Observational Study.Oncology and therapy · 2025Article
- The Use of qSOFA, SOFA, and Ramathibodi Early Warning Score (REWS) to Predict Severe Complications in Hematologic Malignancy Patients.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2022Article
- Usefulness analysis of the 2018 ASCO/IDSA guideline for outpatient management of fever and neutropenia in adults treated for malignancy.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Machine Learning for Early Warning of Septic Shock in Children With Hematological Malignancies Accompanied by Fever or Neutropenia: A Single Center Retrospective Study.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
- Febrile Neutropenia in Acute Leukemia. Epidemiology, Etiology, Pathophysiology and Treatment.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2020Review
- Infections Due to Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in Oncological Patients: Insights from a Five-Year Epidemiological and Clinical Analysis.Microorganisms · 2019Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
aimsFebrile neutropenia is considered as one of the most important and potentially life-threatening oncologic emergencies, which requires prompt medical assessment and treatment with antibiotics. This was a single-center retrospective study that investigated the prognostic factors predicting poor outcome in patients with cancer who presented with febrile neutropenia at the emergency department (ED).
methodsThe medical records of patients diagnosed with febrile neutropenia in the ED from January 2014 to December 2017 were reviewed. Patients aged >18 years who were diagnosed with a malignancy were included in the analysis. Febrile neutropenia was defined as an absolute neutrophil count < 1,000/mm
resultsWe identified 104 patients (25 and 79 from the case and control groups, respectively) with cancer who presented with febrile neutropenia at the ED during the study period. Lower blood pressure, platelet count, and HCO
conclusionsThe qSOFA can be a useful bedside tool for patients with cancer who present with febrile neutropenia at the ED. Moreover, it can help emergency physicians in identifying patients at risk of poor prognosis and in initiating prompt empirical antimicrobial therapy. Further studies must be conducted to validate the efficacy of the qSOFA in these patients in the ED.
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