Search Results

You are looking at 1 - 10 of 203 items for :

  • Refine by Access: All x
Clear All
Full access

Substantial improvements have occurred in the management of infectious disease in patients with cancer. It is now unusual for patients with acute leukemia who receive their initial induction chemotherapy at a major center to die of infectious complications. Many patients will undergo further therapy that leads to prolonged periods of neutropenia without succumbing to a major infectious complication. However, managing infections in neutropenic patients remains a dynamic process, affected by the appearance of new pathogens, the emergence of antibiotic-resistant organisms, and the improved stratification of patients' infection risk. All of these factors have fostered new treatment approaches. These NCCN clinical guidelines address many of the day-to-day issues inherent in managing fever and neutropenia.

For the most recent version of the guidelines, please visit NCCN.org

Full access

Jeffrey Crawford, David C. Dale, Nicole M. Kuderer, Eva Culakova, Marek S. Poniewierski, Debra Wolff, and Gary H. Lyman

. Talcott JA Siegel RD Finberg R Goldman L . Risk assessment in cancer patients with fever and neutropenia: a prospective, two-center validation of a prediction rule . J Clin Oncol 1992 ; 148 : 2561 – 2568 . 2. Kuderer NM Dale DC Crawford JC

Full access

Brahm H. Segal and Alison G. Freifeld

2006 ; 85 : 424 – 433 . 20. Tamura K . Clinical guidelines for the management of neutropenic patients with unexplained fever in Japan: validation by the Japan Febrile Neutropenia Study Group . Int J Antimicrob Agents 2005 ; 26 ( Suppl 2

Full access

Thomas A. Cumbo and Brahm H. Segal

persistent fever and neutropenia. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group . N Engl J Med 1999 ; 340 : 764 – 771 47 Bowden R Chandrasekar P White MH . A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial of

Full access

Jeffrey Crawford, James Armitage, Lodovico Balducci, Charles Bennett, Douglas W. Blayney, Spero R. Cataland, David C. Dale, George D. Demetri, Harry P. Erba, James Foran, Alison G. Freifeld, Marti Goemann, Mark L. Heaney, Sally Htoy, Susan Hudock, Dwight D. Kloth, David J. Kuter, Gary H. Lyman, Laura Boehnke Michaud, Sarah C. Miyata, Martin S. Tallman, Saroj Vadhan-Raj, Peter Westervelt, and Michael K. Wong

granulocyte colony-stimulating factor of fever and neutropenia induced by chemotherapy in patients with small-cell lung cancer . N Engl J Med 1991 ; 325 : 164 – 170 . 11 Gatzemeier U Kleisbauer JP Drings P . Lenograstim as support for ACE

Full access

Jeffrey Crawford, Jeffrey Allen, James Armitage, Douglas W. Blayney, Spero R. Cataland, Mark L. Heaney, Sally Htoy, Susan Hudock, Dwight D. Kloth, David J. Kuter, Gary H. Lyman, Brandon McMahon, David P. Steensma, Saroj Vadhan-Raj, Peter Westervelt, and Michael Westmoreland

administered G-CSF normalized neutrophils in most patients and prevented fever, mouth ulcers, and infections. Subsequent observation studies show that patients with idiopathic and cyclic neutropenia generally respond to low-dose daily, alternate-day, or thrice

Full access

Nicolas C. Issa and Lindsey R. Baden

-old man with multiple myeloma 10 months after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation who presented with fevers, cough, headaches, and myalgia. He had received the trivalent influenza vaccine 1 month before admission (pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccine was

Full access

Anna M. Gibson and Claire Sutherby

immediately on noticing a fever. Patients were given a pocket card stating that the patient had recently received chemotherapy, indicating the patient’s neutropenia risk, and listing directions to a newly created febrile neutropenia page on the health system

Full access

Deborah S. Yolin-Raley, Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack, Heidi B. Niell, Robert J. Soiffer, Joseph H. Antin, Edwin P. Alyea III, and Brett E. Glotzbecker

Background Most patients treated with myeloablative conditioning regimens before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) develop neutropenic fevers in the pre-engraftment period because of profound neutropenia. 1 , 2 Fevers may signify

Full access

Sriman Swarup, Anita Sultan, Somedeb Ball, Francis Mogollon-Duffo, Nimesh Adhikari, Yin M. Myat, Myo H. Zaw, Catherine Jones, and Kyaw Z. Thein

: MEDLINE, EMBASE databases, and meeting abstracts from inception through September 2018 were queried. RCTs that mention anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, neutropenia, and neutropenic fever as adverse effects were incorporated in the analysis. Mantel