Barbara Bobek-Billewicz, Sylwia Heinze, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Patrycja Mazgaj, Anna Hebda
The diagnostic challenge of lack of choline level elevation on 1H-MR spectroscopy in grade II-III gliomas
Folia neuropathologica
fever neutropenia fn common precipitant hospitalization among children cancer hospital utilization trends well described study describes national trends hospital discharges fn among children cancer year 2012 compared authors previous analysis 2009 data analyzed kids inpatient database kid allpayer us hospital database 2012 pediatric patients cancer discharge fn identified using age 19 years urgent emergent admit type nontransferred combination international classification diseases ninth revision clinical modification icd9cm codes fever neutropenia authors evaluated factors associated short length stay slos sampling weights used permit national inferences 2012 children cancer accounted 18 pediatric hospital discharges n 120675 122 n 13456 cancerrelated discharges meeting fn criteria two fifths fn discharges slos accounted 91 million 2015 us hospital charges majority serious infections common infections viral infection 96 upper respiratory infection 96 factors significantly associated slos included diagnosis ear infection odds ratio 154 95 confidence interval ci 116203 soft tissue sarcoma 147 ci 110195 hodgkin lymphoma 151 ci 109210 compared diagnoses slos admissions continue rarely associated serious infections contribute substantially burden hospitalization pediatric fn implementation risk stratification schemas identify patients meet lowrisk criteria may decrease financial burden