Improving management of neutropenic sepsis in the emergency department

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 617-618

  Richardson, Simon ^a   Pallot, David ^b   Hughes, Tom ^a   Littlewood, Timothy ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Emergency department; Neutropenia; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SEPSIS; TRIAGE;

EID: 58549105320     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07481.x     Document Type: Letter

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