Development and Validation of a Prognostic Risk Score for Patients With Cancer and Neutropenic Fever Presenting to the Emergency Department
The newly developed risk score effectively stratified patients with NF in the ED. Its reliance on readily available, non-subjective data supports the feasibility of its real-time implementation and could improve decision-making and reduce unnecessary hospitalization. Prospective validation in diverse clinical settings is needed.
Authors
- Sandy Simcha Nath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0898-1785)
- Afia Babar
- Patrick Chaftari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5914-6712)
- Joseph Schmeltz
- Aiham Qdaisat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0063-8461)
- Adam Klotz
- Andriy Derkach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2178-8493)
- Yeung SCJ
- Deepti Zalavadia
- Kumar Alagappan
- Rocio Perez Johnston
- Monica K. Wattana
- Ziyi Li
Institutions
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acepjo.2026.100347
- Primary Topic
- Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00