The Netherlands journal of medicine
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Comparative Study
Septic patients with cancer: Do prehospital antibiotics improve survival? A sub-analysis of the PHANTASi trial.
Sepsis in patients with cancer is increasingly common and associated with high mortality. To date, no studies have examined the effectiveness of prehospital antibiotics in septic patients with cancer. This study aimed without and to evaluate the effect of prehospital antibiotics in septic patients with cancer. ⋯ Prehospital antibiotics did not improve overall survival. However, there was a significant reduction in 30-day readmissions.
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Iron deficiency, without anaemia, is common in the general population and induces various symptoms. Its management consists of oral and intravenous supplementation for cases of inefficacy of or intolerance to oral iron. We assessed the efficacy of intravenous iron therapy in non-anaemic iron-deficient patients with fatigue. ⋯ There was no correlation between FSS and serum ferritin level at W12 (p=0.54) or between serum ferritin at W12 and difference between FSS at W0 and W12 (p=0.58). There were six mild adverse events (24%): asthenia (8%), nausea (8%), headache (4%), local pain (4%); and no serious adverse events. Our results suggest the rapid efficacy of intravenous iron in improving fatigue in iron deficiency without anaemia with a good profile of tolerance.