Patients/populationSymptoms/signsReference testTarget condition
Patients in the community, who have received anti-cancer treatment
  • Perceived or real pyrexia
  • Perceived or real sub-normal temperature
  • Flu-like symptoms
  • Rigor
  • Malaise
  • Parental/carer concern
  • Mucositis
  • Diarrhoea and vomiting
  • Altered mental status
  • Symptoms or signs of a primary infection site
“Gold standard” definition of neutropenic sepsis (see topic D1) or accept whatever reference standard was used in the original studies
  • Neutropenic sepsis (within a specified time period – 1 week)
  • Mortality
  • Severe sepsis

From: Identification and Assessment: guideline chapter four

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Neutropenic Sepsis: Prevention and Management of Neutropenic Sepsis in Cancer Patients.
NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 151.
National Collaborating Centre for Cancer (UK).
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