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Neutropenic fever. [Review] - 2014

Available online from MWHC library: 1996 - present

Fever is a common presenting complaint among adult or pediatric patients in the emergency department setting. Although fever in healthy individuals does not necessarily indicate severe illness, fever in patients with neutropenia may herald a life-threatening infection. Therefore, prompt recognition of patients with neutropenic fever is imperative. Serious bacterial illness is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for neutropenic patients. Neutropenic fever should trigger the initiation of a rapid work-up and the administration of empiric systemic antibiotic therapy to attenuate or avoid the progression along the spectrum of sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock syndrome, and death. Copyright 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


English

ISSN: 0733-8627

Subjects--Topical Terms:
*Bacterial Infections/di [Diagnosis]
*Fever/et [Etiology]
*Neutropenia/et [Etiology]
Adult
Algorithms
Bacterial Infections/co [Complications]
Child
Emergencies
Humans
Neoplasms/co [Complications]
Neoplasms/dt [Drug Therapy]
Neutropenia/ci [Chemically Induced]
Risk Assessment

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Index Terms--Occupation:
Emergency Medicine

Index Terms--Function:
Journal Article
Review