Alta precoz de niños con cáncer y neutropenia febril
| Autor: | Natalie Rodríguez R, Juan Tordecilla C, Pilar Joannon S., Myriam Campbell B |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista chilena de pediatría v.65 n.5 1994 SciELO Chile CONICYT Chile instacron:CONICYT |
| Popis: | From april 1992 ;o July 1993, 84 episodes o fever and neutropenic were recorded in 50 oncologic patients (39 with acute lymphoblosric leukemia, three with acute myeloid leukemia and e ght with dif'erensolid tumors] which were admitted to c children's university associated public hospital al Santiago Chile. Patients were discharged early after admission if they became non febrile, appeared well, had negative blood cultures and hod normal chest x-ray in spite of absolute neutrophile counts still under 500 per mn h 30 episodes of fever and neutropenia 135,7%) porentera! antibiotic therapy was discontinued and patients were discharged a* mean 5 1 days of hospita;izat on, even while 1 9 patients still had neutropenia in 17 episodes (20.,2%\ intravenous ant'biotic treatment was d scontinued and patients were discharged under oral antibiotic therapy due to minor bacterial infections after mecn 6 1 days of admission, while ten of these patients were still neutropenic. In 37 eosodes (44.1%) longer hospilalization ime was required [mean 9.9 days) because of confirmed oocteremia, pneumonia or orolonged fever in spite o* resolution o" neutropenia. No neutropenic patient at discharge required readm ssio" to -.ospi'ai within the next seven days and none of them died. Some low risk patients with cancer and febri e neutropenia can be discharged early rorr hospital in spite of neutropenia. |
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