Treating Neutropenic Fever in the Emergency Department: Delays May Be Deadly!

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-39

  Cull, Lisa F ^a   Nolan, Mary Beth ^a  

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; SEPTIC SHOCK; TIME;

AGED; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 59349094262     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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