10/01/09 Studies by Caggiano et al. (Cancer 2005) and Weiss et al. (Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 2003) have estimated the national incidence of hospitalizations for FN at ~60,000 which gives an incidence of disease of ~0.78%. In the sentinel work by Boggs et al. (Cancer 1960), 44% of cancer patients with fever were found to have an infection. In a review of 7 hospital discharge databases with ~12M patients (all types of tumors), Caggiano et al. (Cancer 2005) found that the overall mortality rate in hospitalized neutropenic patients was 6.8%. Also found that the LOS was 10.1 +/- 11.2 days Mean cost for hospitalization from FN was $14,900 +/- $23,600
Dr. Ralph Snyderman presented, "Personalized Health more
Dr. Ralph Snyderman presented, "Personalized Health Care: The Foundation of Rational Health Reform" to the attendees of the 2009 Personalized Health Care National Conference.
Ralph Snyderman, MD, is chancellor emeritus of Duke University and the founder and chairman of Proventys, Inc. From 1989 to 2004, he served as chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine at Duke. During his tenure, he led Duke’s medical center to a position of international prominence in academic medicine.
We thank Dr. Snyderman for sharing this presentation with the world. less
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