Clinical pathways in the emergency department: Successful implementation of 'Adult Patients who are Febrile Following Chemotherapy' pathway

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Salter, Cate ^a  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area health service; Clinical pathways; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748504772     PISSN: 15746267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aenj.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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19. Febrile neutropenia was the diagnostic category used as the search diagnosis for the audit. Febrile neutropenia is a diagnosis that is made after diagnostic workup when all blood results are available. There may have been more cases that fulfilled the inclusion criteria and commenced on the pathway but they were not identified in the information system search