Near-universal hospitalization of US emergency department patients with cancer and febrile neutropenia.

IMPORTANCE:Febrile neutropenia (FN) is the most common oncologic emergency and is among the most deadly. Guidelines recommend risk stratification and outpatient management of both pediatric and adult FN patients deemed to be at low risk of complications or mortality, but our prior single-center rese...

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Main Authors: Christopher W Baugh, Mohammad Kamal Faridi, Emily L Mueller, Carlos A Camargo, Daniel J Pallin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216835