Management of fever and neutropenia in children with cancer: A survey of Australian and New Zealand practice

Gabrielle M Haeusler; Monica A Slavin; Penelope A Bryant; Franz E Babl; Francoise Mechinaud; Karin A Thursky

Journal article

Management of fever and neutropenia in children with cancer: A survey of Australian and New Zealand practice

Gabrielle M Haeusler, Monica A Slavin, Penelope A Bryant, Franz E Babl, Francoise Mechinaud, Karin A Thursky

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | WILEY | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1111/jpc.13899

University of Melbourne Researchers

Kas Thursky Author Infectious Diseases

Monica Slavin Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Franz Babl Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

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IMPROVING THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER

Children and young adults undergoing cancer treatment are at an increased risk of infection. This is managed by admission to hospital for an..

Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council postgraduate scholarship

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the following people for their helpful suggestions with survey content: Janelle Jones (ANZCHOG), David Ziegler (Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney), Thomas Walwyn (Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth), Frank Alvaro (John Hunter Children's Hospital, Newcastle), Julia Clark (Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane), Heather Tapp (Women and Children's Hospital, Adelaide), Luciano Dalla-Pozza (Children's Hospital and Westmead, Sydney), Peter Bradbeer (Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland) and David Tickell (Ballarat Base Hospital, Ballarat). GMH was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council postgraduate scholarship (GNT1056158). FE Babl was part funded by a grant from the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation, Melbourne, Australia and an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship.