Assessment of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factors Use at a community-based teaching hospital and compliance with National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines

Assessment of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factors Use at a community-based teaching hospital and compliance with National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines

Objectives: Approximately 60,000 patients are hospitalised annually due to chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN) in the United States alone. Febrile neutropenia is primarily managed by antibiotics and granulocyte-colony-stimulating factors (G-CSFs). However, there are inconsistent recommenda...

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Main Authors: Abdullah A. Alhifany, PharmD, Matthew W. McAllister, PharmD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia
Colony-stimulating factors
Filgrastim
Leukocyte count
Neutrophils
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658361220300871

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