A Retrospective Study: When Should We Give Antibiotics to Patients with Febrile Neutropenia in the Emergency Department?

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Korkut M., SÖYÜNCÜ S., Avci A., Bektas F.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.18, sa.4, ss.192-196, 2019 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/eajem.galenos.2019.97658
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.192-196
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Febrile neutropenia, mortality, time of antibiotic administration, CANCER-PATIENTS, FEVER, CHEMOTHERAPY, IMPACT, TIME, MANAGEMENT, MORTALITY, SOCIETY
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Febrile neutropenia (FN) is considered to be one of the most important and potentially life-threatening oncologic diseases in the emergency department. Our study aimed to determine whether there is an effective time for decreasing the mortality at the end of the first month after antibiotic administration.