The febrile patient with neutropenia.
Fever in a neutropenic patient is an acute medical emergency. This article considers the diagnosis, investigation and management of neutropenic sepsis, along with the clinical challenges that an acute physician may face when treating patients presenting with this condition.
Department of Acute Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK. cooks199@hotmail.com
Tim
T
Cooksley
Mark
M
Holland
D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009503:Neutropenia; D018805:Sepsis