Factors associated with treatment outcome of pediatric cancerpatients admitted with febrile neutropenia in tikuranbessa specialized teaching hospital, addis ababa, ethiopia.

Conclusion: The result of this study showed that absolute neutrophil count of less than 100/mm3, platelet count of less than 50,000/mm3 and a diagnosis of sepsis were factors affecting outcome patients with febrile neutropenia. Careful evaluation of these factors and assessing severity of patients’ clinical condition at time of admission can be useful for triaging children with febrile neutropenia. PMID: 29148638 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research