Is routine chest radiography necessary for the initial evaluation of fever in neutropenic children with cancer?

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 715-717

  Korones, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NEUTROPENIA; NOTE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEVER; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 9344231405     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20226     Document Type: Note

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