Outpatient and home parenteral antibiotic therapy (OHPAT) in low-risk febrile neutropenia: consensus statement of a Belgian panel.
Febrile neutropenia requires adequate antibiotic treatment. A subgroup of patients are only at low risk for complications and could be treated at home/as outpatients (OHPAT) after a short initial admission for work up. This position paper by a Belgian panel of experts presents criteria defining low-risk in febrile neutropenia, gives an overview of the existing experience and examines the present obstacles to a more widespread use of OHPAT in this country.
Beguin
Y
Y
University of Liège, Department of Hematology, CHU Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium. yves.beguin@chu.ulg.ac.be
Benoit
Y
Y
Crokaert
F
F
Selleslag
D
D
Vandercam
B
B
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications*; D018718:Home Infusion Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents