Understanding Neutropenia: Causes and Implications

Its time to hit the hot girl summer of haematology (we're in Australia after all) but also the hot boy winter and Autumn and Spring. Because our patients are hot all year round and sadly all night shift and possibly all throughout your ward round.   

Welcome to our next On The Wards episode looking at fevers in the haematology patient with a focus on the management of febrile neutropenia. There's a lot to cover in this jumbo sized episode and we're super happy that Dr Alison Chandler agreed to return after last time. 

Timestamps
2:08 - Episode Overview
4:47 - What is Febrile Neutropenia?
8:59 - Reminder: What are neutrophils
13:08 - Where did the neutrophils go?
18:24 - Why is FN a big deal?
20:00 - Assessing the neutropenic patient
30:15 - Antibiotics: Get them in
33:29 - Bugs: What grows?
36:15 - That fever isn't going away
41:01 - After the fever
42:24 - Can we make the neutrophils go up?
48:00 - Prophylaxis
52:50 - Summary

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