Conservative management of acute appendicitis in children with hematologic malignancies during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 464-467

  Wiegering, Verena A ^a   Kellenberger, Christian J ^a   Bodmer, Nicole ^a   Bergstraesser, Eva ^a   Niggli, Felix ^a   Grotzer, Michael ^a   Nadal, David ^a   Bourquin, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Universitats Kinderklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Conservative treatment; Neutropenia; Pediatric patients; Typhlitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTRIAXONE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; MEROPENEM; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; PARACETAMOL; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; THIENAMYCIN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BONE PAIN; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING; BLOOD DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INFANT; NEUTROPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 47549085750     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318168e7cb     Document Type: Article

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