Thomas Lehrnbecher, Robert Phillips, Sarah Alexander, Frank Alvaro, Fabianne Carlesse, Brian Fisher, Hana Hakim, Maria Santolaya, Elio Castagnola, Bonnie L Davis, L Lee Dupuis, Faith Gibson, Andreas H Groll, Aditya Gaur, Ajay Gupta, Rejin Kebudi, Sérgio Petrilli, William J Steinbach, Milena Villarroel, Theoklis Zaoutis, Lillian Sung
PURPOSE: To develop an evidence-based guideline for the empiric management of pediatric fever and neutropenia (FN). METHODS: The International Pediatric Fever and Neutropenia Guideline Panel is a multidisciplinary and multinational group composed of experts in pediatric oncology and infectious disease as well as a patient advocate. The Panel was convened for the purpose of creating this guideline. We followed previously validated procedures for creating evidence-based guidelines...
December 10, 2012: Journal of Clinical Oncology: Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology