Malnutrition is a predisposing factor for developing recurrent fever following febrile neutropenia in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Autor: Jaikumar Govindaswamy Ramamoorthy, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, Prasanth Ganesan, Manikandan Dhanushkodi, T.S. Ganesan, T.G. Sagar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal, Vol 5, Iss 3, Pp 75-79 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2468-1245
DOI: 10.1016/j.phoj.2020.06.002
Popis: Introduction: The factors that predict recurrence of fever following defervescence (DS) during febrile neutropenia (FN) episode have not been studied. The objective was to estimate the incidence and risk factors for recurrent fever (RF) in children with FN during the intensive phase of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment. Methods: The study included 113 consecutive patients diagnosed with ALL. Total of 256 FN episodes in these patients between January 2016 and June 2017 were analysed retrospectively. RF was defined as recurrent febrile event with absolute neutrophil count
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