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. 2023 Oct:78:103465.
doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103465. Epub 2023 Jun 23.

Preventing healthcare-acquired infections in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia in intensive care units: The role of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor prophylaxis

Hui-Chen Chou  1 , Yin-Shin Tsai  1 , Yu-Ting Wang  1 , Pei-Wei Shueng  2 , Chen-Xiong Hsu  3
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Preventing healthcare-acquired infections in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia in intensive care units: The role of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor prophylaxis

Hui-Chen Chou et al. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2023 Oct.
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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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