Temperatures, diagnostics and treatment in pediatric cancer patients with fever in neutropenia, NCT01683370.
Sci Data 2020;
7:156. [PMID:
32457478 PMCID:
PMC7250883 DOI:
10.1038/s41597-020-0504-9]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
In pediatric oncology, there is no evidence-based definition of the temperature limit defining fever (TLDF), which itself is essential for the definition of fever in chemotherapy-induced severe neutropenia (FN). Lowering the TLDF can increase the number of FN episodes diagnosed. This prospective, single center observational study collected data on all temperature measurements, complete blood counts (CBCs), and measures of diagnostics and therapy performed at and after FN diagnosis in pediatric oncology patients using a high standard TLDF (39 °C ear temperature). In 45 FN episodes in 20 patients, 3391 temperature measurements and 318 CBCs, plus information on antibiotics, anti-fungal therapy, antipyretics, blood cultures taken and on discharge were collected. These data can mainly be used to study the influence of virtually lowering the TLDF on diagnostic measures, treatment and length of hospitalization in pediatric FN, which in turn are directly related to costs of FN therapy, and quality of life. This approach can be expanded to include as well different definitions of neutropenia.
Measurement(s) | body temperature trait • Blood Cell Count • Diagnostics, Cancer • therapy |
Technology Type(s) | Thermometer Device • complete blood cell count • Observational study |
Factor Type(s) | day and time • outcome |
Sample Characteristic - Organism | Homo sapiens |
Sample Characteristic - Environment | hospital |
Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12118473
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