Clinical Study

Postinduction Supportive Care of Pediatric Acute Myelocytic Leukemia: Should Patients be Kept in the Hospital?

Table 1

Details of subsequent hospitalizations on patients who were electively discharged after induction I chemotherapy.

Patient numberAge in yearDay of admission after dischargeReasons for readmission

6711Febrile neutropenia
7142Febrile neutropenia
848Alpha hemolytic strep sepsis
99 months2Dehydration
1048Foot cellulitis
1211.510Perianal cellulitis
13136Febrile neutropenia
141112Fever and herpes stomatitis
1531Alpha hemolytic strep sepsis
1751Febrile neutropenia
1947Febrile neutropenia
2021Febrile neutropenia
2522 months10Febrile neutropenia