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SUBMITTER: Miller TP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4899280 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miller Tamara P TP Getz Kelly D KD Kavcic Marko M Li Yimei Y Huang Yuan-Shun V YS Sung Lillian L Alonzo Todd A TA Gerbing Robert R Daves Marla M Horton Terzah M TM Pulsipher Michael A MA Pollard Jessica J Bagatell Rochelle R Seif Alix E AE Fisher Brian T BT Gamis Alan S AS Aplenc Richard R
Leukemia & lymphoma 20160104 7
While most children receive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) chemotherapy as inpatients, there is variability in timing of discharge after chemotherapy completion. This study compared treatment-related morbidity, mortality and cumulative hospitalization in children with AML who were discharged after chemotherapy completion (early discharge) and those who remained hospitalized. Chart abstraction data for 153 early discharge-eligible patients enrolled on a Children's Oncology Group trial were compared ...[more]