[Recommendations for Diagnostics and Therapy of Children with Cancer Presenting with Fever and Neutropenia - Comparison of Two Current Guidelines].

Lehrnbecher, Thomas; Groll, Andreas; Agyeman, Philipp; Ammann, Roland; Attarbaschi, Andishe; Behrends, Uta; Berger, Christoph; Hamprecht, Axel; Hufnagel, Markus; Laws, Hans-Jürgen; Scheler, Max; Temme, Christian; Vieth, Simon; Simon, Arne (2018). [Recommendations for Diagnostics and Therapy of Children with Cancer Presenting with Fever and Neutropenia - Comparison of Two Current Guidelines]. Klinische Pädiatrie, 230(3), pp. 115-121. Thieme 10.1055/s-0044-101953

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Immunocompromised children and adolescents receiving treatment for cancer have a considerably increased risk for infection. Neutropenia is the most important single risk factor for infectious complications, and fever in neutropenia is considered as an emergency. Whereas guidelines for the management of fever in neutropenic adults have been established for decades, specific pediatric guidelines have not been developed until recently. As children differ in many aspects from adults such as in the underlying malignancy or in the availability and dosing of antimicrobial compounds, guidelines for pediatric patients are important. This article reviews similarities and differences between the recently published German interdisciplinary guideline of the German Societies of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Oncology and Hematology and a guideline developed by a panel of international experts for the management of fever in neutropenia in children and adolescents.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Further Contribution)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine > Paediatric Haematology/Oncology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine > Paediatric Infectiology

UniBE Contributor:

Agyeman, Philipp Kwame Abayie, Ammann, Roland

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1439-3824

Publisher:

Thieme

Language:

German

Submitter:

Anette van Dorland

Date Deposited:

19 Feb 2019 16:02

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:31

Publisher DOI:

10.1055/s-0044-101953

PubMed ID:

29589346

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/123827

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