Is routine chest radiography necessary for the initial evaluation of fever in neutropenic children with cancer?

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 224-228

  Renoult, Edith ^a   Buteau, Chantal ^a   Turgeon, Nathalie ^a   Moghrabi, Albert ^a   Duval, Michel ^a   Tapiero, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fever and neutropenia; Pediatrics; Routine chest radiograph

Indexed keywords

PIPERACILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3543151417     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20127     Document Type: Article

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