Fever and Neutropenia in Pediatric Oncology Patients

Summary

It is possible to distinguish between pediatric oncology patients who are at high or low risk for serious infection during periods of fever and treatment related neutropenia based on clinical parameters. Patients with low risk can be safely treated as outpatients primarily using oral antibiotics. It is possible to improve methods of risk stratification through the addition of genomic and proteomic factors.

Timeline

Start

2006-02

Primary completion

2009-04-03

Completion

2009-04-03

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