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Outcome of an elective readmission policy in patients receiving acute myeloid leukaemia consolidation therapy and implications for an outpatient management programme.
- Source :
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Internal Medicine Journal . Aug2023, Vol. 53 Issue 8, p1492-1496. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Safe outpatient management of acute leukaemia consolidation cycles may enable substantial savings in admission costs. Safety involves the prompt administration of antibiotics in patients with neutropenic fever. Our unit in a metropolitan tertiary referral hospital analysed a cohort of patients spanning a 10‐year period, with two key observations: (i) a high proportion of patients living a substantial distance from hospital and (ii) the high incidence and generally prompt onset of fever after severe neutropenia, suggesting this broad applicability of this approach is unfeasible without addressing travel issues and potentially reducing and/or delaying neutropenic fever with prophylactic antibiotics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *THERAPEUTIC use of antineoplastic agents
*EVALUATION of medical care
*OUTPATIENT medical care
*FEBRILE neutropenia
*EVALUATION of human services programs
*TRAVEL
*PATIENT readmissions
*HOSPITAL health promotion programs
*TERTIARY care
*PATIENTS' attitudes
*URBAN hospitals
*ANTIBIOTIC prophylaxis
*DECISION making
*MEDICAL referrals
*MANAGEMENT
*OUTPATIENT services in hospitals
*ANTIBIOTICS
*LONGITUDINAL method
*PATIENT safety
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14440903
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Internal Medicine Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 170026758
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.16193