Purpose Multiple interventions have been developed aiming to reduce time to antibiotics
(TTA) in patients with fever and neutropenia (FN) following chemotherapy for cancer. We …

Reducing avoidable antimicrobial exposure to pediatric patients with cancer is achievable
and necessary to promote optimal short-and long-term outcomes. Multiple evidence-based …

Objectives: Review the etiology of febrile neutropenia. Identify indexes used to assess
patients with febrile neutropenia. Describe the workup for patients with febrile neutropenia …

Background: Management of febrile neutropenia in pediatric oncology usually requires
inpatient parenteral antibiotics after initial evaluation, but some patients at lower risk of …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a clinical pathway in achieving antibiotic
administration in less than 60 minutes for children with cancer, presenting with fever and …

PURPOSE Time to antibiotic administration (TTA) in< 60 minutes for children with
neutropenic fever presenting to an emergency room is associated with reduced incidence of …

Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are a major cause of mortality among pediatric oncology
patients in resource-limited settings. Effective, innovative strategies are needed to improve …

ABSTRACT Objective. The DoTT (Decreasing Time to Therapy) project aimed to minimize
the interval between fever onset and medical interventions for children with febrile …

Objective Pediatric cancer patients with fever are at risk for invasive bacterial infection. The
administration of antibiotics to these patients within the first hour of evaluation is viewed as a …

Objective To improve the care for pediatric oncology patients with neutropenic fever who
present to the emergency department (ED) by administering appropriate empiric antibiotics …