CISNE versus MASCC: Identifying low risk febrile neutropenic patients

Febrile neutropenia though a dreaded complication of chemotherapy, not all patients need inpatient treatment. Risk score indices like MASCC and CISNE have been developed to identify low risk patients eligible for outpatient management. We undertook this study to compare the performances of MASCC and CISNE.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - November 28, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Ritin Mohindra, Roshan Mathew, Sakshi Yadav, Praveen Aggarwal Source Type: research