Independent Factors for Prediction of Poor Outcomes in Patients with Febrile Neutropenia

Source of support: Departmental sources Background: Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a life-threatening condition that requires urgent management in the emergency de-partment (ED). Recent progress in the treatment of neutropenic fever has underscored the importance of risk stratification. In this study, we aimed to determine independent factors for prediction of poor outcomes in pa-tients with FN. Material/Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 200 chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenic patients who visited the ED. Upon arrival at the ED, clinical data, including sex, age, vital signs, underlying systemic diseases, laboratory test re-sults, estimated GFR, blood cultures, CRP, radiologic examinations, and Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) score of all febrile neutropenic patients were obtained. Outcomes were categorized as “poor ” if serious complications during hospitalization, including death, occurred