Published in:
01-12-2011 | Original paper
Pegfilgrastim overdose: case report and review of the literature
Authors:
Orit Kaidar–Person, Mor Moskovitz, Tomer Charas, Wasim Alsharbati, Nissim Haim
Published in:
Medical Oncology
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Abstract
Single-dose pegfilgrastim is commonly used for the prophylaxis of neutropenia in patients receiving myelotoxic chemotherapy. We report a case of a 69-year-old man who was treated with chemotherapy for small-cell lung cancer and mistakenly self-administered a 36 mg overdose of pegfilgrastim, a sixfold increase over the scheduled dose.