Open AccessThe Febrile Patient with Neutropenia
Author(s) -
Tim Cooksley,
Mark Holland
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acute medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0586
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , neutropenia , intensive care medicine , febrile neutropenia , emergency department , emergency physician , medical emergency , chemotherapy , nursing
Fever in a neutropenic patient is an acute medical emergency. This article considers the diagnosis, investigation and management of neutropenic sepsis, along with the clinical challenges that an acute physician may face when treating patients presenting with this condition.
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