The diagnostic utility of routine chest radiography in the evaluation of the initial fever in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 666-668

  Cox, Jennifer A ^a,b   Demasi, James ^c   Mccollom, Susan ^c   Jackson, Gevel ^c   Scothorn, Douglas ^d   Aquino, Victor M ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Mission Children's Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Pediatric; Radiograph

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; JUVENILE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961188206     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22911     Document Type: Article

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