Journal of Leukemia
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Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Health Sciences University, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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• Research Article   
  Etiologic, Microbiologic, Clinical and Outcome Characteristics of Febrile Neutropenia in Children with Malignancy
  Author(s): Zeynep Gunal Turk, Huseyin Avni Solgun*, Cengiz Bayram and Ali Aycicek
  
  Background: The purpose of this study is to examine the clinical, laboratory findings and treatments of pediatric patients who were followed up in our clinical institute for malignancy and those who had Febrile Neutropenia (FEN) attacks. Materials and methods: 55 patients between the ages of 1-17 and 83 episodes of FEN who were followed up and treated for cancer in our Pediatric Hematology- Oncology clinic between January 2019 and June 2019 were examined cross-sectionally. Patients with Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) <500/mm³ were included in the study. Febrile neutropenia was diagnosed in neutropenic patients with a single measurement of body temperature ≥ 38.3°C (101°F) or ≥ 38.0°C (100.4°F) for a period of 1 hour. The demographic information of the patients, laboratory and physical examination findings, FEN .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-6917.22.10.299

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