Time-to-antibiotic administration as a quality of care measure in children with febrile neutropenia: A survey of pediatric oncology centers

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-305

  McCavit, Timothy L ^a,b   Winick, Naomi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Febrile neutropenia; Prevalence; Quality of care; Time to antibiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PARAMETER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TIME TO ANTIBIOTIC ADMINISTRATION; VALIDITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83455166627     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23148     Document Type: Article

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