Textbook of febrile neutropenia
By: edited by Kenneth V.I. Rolston, Edward B. Rubenstein.
Contributors: Rolston, Kenneth V. I.; Rubenstein, Edward B.
Publisher: Martin Dunitz
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Antineoplastic Agents -- adverse effects; Fever -- chemically induced; Neutropenia -- chemically induced; Neutropenia -- therapy
Other titles: Febrile neutropenia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Fever and neutropenia: an historical perspective; title: 2. Overview of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles of anti-infective dosing in the neutropenic patient; title: 3. Controversies and quandaries: the design of clinical trials in fever and neutropenia; title: 4. Current epidemiology of infections in neutropenic cancer patients; title: 5. Infections in patients with solid tumors; title: 6. Infections in patients with hematologic malignancies; title: 7. Evaluation and manaagement of fever in the neutropenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient; title: 8. Initial clinical evaluation and risk assessment of the febrile neutropenic cancer patient; title: 9. Risk-adjusted management of the febrile neutropenic cancer patient; title: 10.  Evaluation and management of vascular access device infections in febrile neutropenic cancer patients; title: 11. Speical considerations in children with fever and neutropenia; title: 12. Prophylaxis of infections; title: 13. Cytokines and WBC transfusions; title: 14. Clinical practical guidelines in patients with fever and neutropenia; title: 15. Healthcare economic concepts in fever and neutropenia; title: 16. Fever in the neutropenic patient: past lessons and future prospects.