Febrile neutropenia
Description
- Fever (single temp >=38.3C, or >=38.0C sustained over 1 hour) with neutrophil count <0.5x10^9/L (or <1.0 and expected to fall)
- A medical emergency - empirical treatment starts before an organism is identified
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