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SUBMITTER: Brack E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7250883 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brack Eva E Wagner Stéphanie S Stutz-Grunder Eveline E Agyeman Philipp K A PKA Ammann Roland A RA
Scientific data 20200526 1
In pediatric oncology, there is no evidence-based definition of the temperature limit defining fever (TLDF), which itself is essential for the definition of fever in chemotherapy-induced severe neutropenia (FN). Lowering the TLDF can increase the number of FN episodes diagnosed. This prospective, single center observational study collected data on all temperature measurements, complete blood counts (CBCs), and measures of diagnostics and therapy performed at and after FN diagnosis in pediatric o ...[more]