ICU SAQs · Oncology & immunocompromised
Febrile neutropenia — the empirical antibiotic and the source search
A CICM Second-Part SAQ on febrile neutropenia — the anti-pseudomonal beta-lactam within the hour, the vancomycin for the line/MRSA, the source search, the antifungal for the persistent fever.
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A chemotherapy patient with an ANC of 0.2 presents with fever and hypotension. Outline the immediate management.
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A chemotherapy patient with an ANC of 0.2 presents with fever and hypotension. Outline the immediate management.[1]
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- [1]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.
- [2]Marino PL The ICU Book. 4th edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014.