Treatment of Febrile Neutropenia and Prophylaxis in Hematologic Malignancies: A Critical Review and Update

Febrile neutropenia is one of the most serious complications in patients with haematological malignancies and chemotherapy. A prompt identification of infection and empirical antibiotic therapy can prolong survival. This paper reviews the guidelines about febrile neutropenia in the setting of hemato...

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Autores principales: Villafuerte-Gutierrez, Paola, Villalon, Lucia, Losa, Juan E., Henriquez-Camacho, Cesar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4265549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25525436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/986938
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author Villafuerte-Gutierrez, Paola
Villalon, Lucia
Losa, Juan E.
Henriquez-Camacho, Cesar
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description Febrile neutropenia is one of the most serious complications in patients with haematological malignancies and chemotherapy. A prompt identification of infection and empirical antibiotic therapy can prolong survival. This paper reviews the guidelines about febrile neutropenia in the setting of hematologic malignancies, providing an overview of the definition of fever and neutropenia, and categories of risk assessment, management of infections, and prophylaxis.
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spelling pubmed-42655492014-12-18 Treatment of Febrile Neutropenia and Prophylaxis in Hematologic Malignancies: A Critical Review and Update Villafuerte-Gutierrez, Paola Villalon, Lucia Losa, Juan E. Henriquez-Camacho, Cesar Adv Hematol Review Article Febrile neutropenia is one of the most serious complications in patients with haematological malignancies and chemotherapy. A prompt identification of infection and empirical antibiotic therapy can prolong survival. This paper reviews the guidelines about febrile neutropenia in the setting of hematologic malignancies, providing an overview of the definition of fever and neutropenia, and categories of risk assessment, management of infections, and prophylaxis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4265549/ /pubmed/25525436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/986938 Text en Copyright © 2014 Paola Villafuerte-Gutierrez et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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