Exploring the association of hemoglobin level and adverse events in children with cancer presenting with fever in neutropenia.

In children and adolescents with fever in neutropenia (FN) during chemotherapy for cancer, hemoglobin ≥90 g/L at presentation with FN had been associated with adverse events (AE). This analysis explored three hypothetical pathophysiological mechanisms potentially explaining this counterintuitive fin...

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Main Authors: Roland A Ammann, Felix K Niggli, Kurt Leibundgut, Oliver Teuffel, Nicole Bodmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4096594?pdf=render