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Critical Care
Published in: Critical Care 2/2003

01-04-2003 | Meeting abstract

Transfer in ICU of febrile neutropenic patients: prospective validation of a prognostic score identifying 'high-risk' patients

Authors: J Larché, F Alla, P Maurer, O Kunzberger, A Gérard

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 2/2003

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Infectious complications in neutropenic febrile patients are associated with a high mortality rate. A previous case–control study in postchemotherapy neutropenic patients identified three early risk factors for ICU transfer (abnormal chest X-ray, positive blood cultures, and C-reactive protein ≥ 120 mg/l), and a prognostic score based for ICU transfer on the presence or not of at least one of these variables was then performed. Our objective was to validate accuracy, adequacy and reliability of this score with another cohort of febrile neutropenic patients. …
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Title
Transfer in ICU of febrile neutropenic patients: prospective validation of a prognostic score identifying 'high-risk' patients
Authors
J Larché
F Alla
P Maurer
O Kunzberger
A Gérard
Publication date
01-04-2003
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 2/2003
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2026

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