Health Care Resource Utilization (HCRU) In Hospitalized Febrile Neutropenia (FN) Patients Treated With Chemotherapy For Solid Tumors (ST) And Hematological Malignancies (HM) In Bulgaria.
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64 246 182 64 130 194 •Chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN) is a well-known complication associated with increased morbidity and mortality and frequently leads to additional hospitalization 1-3; •Severe and prolonged neutropenia is associated with fever and infections that require systemic therapy (antibiotics, antimicotics etc); •Prophylactic use of G-CSFs in high risk patients (≥ 20% FN risk) can greatly reduce neutropenic complications of CT4; •To date, no studies have been conducted in Bulgaria, exploring the HCRU for patients suffering from chemotherapy-induced FN in clinical practice.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
دوره 17 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014