Assessment of Delay in Door-to-antibiotic Administration Time after Arrival to the Hospital among Post-chemotherapy Febrile Neutropenia Patients: A Cohort Study

Autor:	Neha Rawat, Lalit Mohan Sharma, Deepak Gupta, Tanvi Singh
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2024
Předmět:	delay in antibiotic administration fever post-chemotherapy time-to-antibiotic administration Medicine
Zdroj:	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 18, Iss 05, Pp 01-05 (2024)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2249-782X 0973-709X 02675374
DOI:	10.7860/JCDR/2024/68069.19358
Popis:	Introduction: Febrile Neutropenia (FN), a common side effect of chemotherapy, is regarded as an oncologic emergency necessitating prompt treatment. A delay in door-to-antibiotic administration time is associated with poor patient outcomes. Aim: To assess the time lag in the administration of antibiotics after arrival at the hospital in patients with solid/haematological malignancy presenting with post-chemotherapy FN. Materials and Methods: This was a cohort study conducted in the Department of Medical Oncology at Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, over a period of one year from December 2019 to November 2020 among 80 patients with solid or haematological malignancy who presented with fever and Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC)
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