Patients/populationInterventionComparisonOutcomes
Patients with neutropenic sepsis receiving empiric antibiotic therapyStop empiric antibiotics earlyContinuing empiric antibiotics until afebrile with recovered neutrophil countOvertreatment
Death/critical care
Length of stay
Duration of fever
Quality of life

From: Subsequent Treatment: guideline chapter seven

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NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 151.
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