Neutropenic Fever in Lung Cancer: Clinical Aspects Related to Mortality and Antibiotic Failure / 中国肺癌杂志
Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer
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(12): 764-769, 2021.
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in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND@#Lung cancer (LC) is the leading cause of cancer death. Patients treated with chemotherapy are at risk of developing chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN), a potentially life-threatening complication. The aims of this study were (1) to characterize FN admissions of patients with LC in a pulmonology department, and (2) to determine associations between patient profiles, first-line antibiotic failure (FLAF) and mortality.@*METHODS@#Retrospective observational case-series, based on the analysis of medical records of LC patients that required hospitalization due to chemotherapy-induced FN.@*RESULTS@#A total of 42 cases of FN were revised, corresponding to 36 patients, of which 86.1% were male, with a mean age of 66.71±9.83 years. Most patients had a performance status (PS) equal or less than 1, and metastatic disease was present in 40.5% (n=17). Respiratory tract infections accounted for 42.9% (n=18) of FN cases, and multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was the most isolated agent. The mortality rate was 16.7% (n=7), and the FLAF was 26.2% (n=11). Mortality was associated with a PS≥2 (P=0.011), infection by a Gram-negative agent (P=0.001) and severe anemia (P=0.048). FLAF was associated with longer hospitalizations (P=0.020), PS≥2 (P=0.049), respiratory infections (P=0.024), and infection by a Gram-negative (P=0.003) or multidrug-resistant agent (P=0.014).@*CONCLUSIONS@#Lower PS, severe anemia, and infections by Gram-negative or multi-resistant agents seem to be associated with worse outcomes in FN patients.
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Main subject:
Retrospective Studies
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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Hospitalization
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Lung Neoplasms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer
Year:
2021
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Article
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