Septic patients with cancer : do prehospital antibiotics improve survival? A sub-analysis of the PHANTASi trial

• Main Authors: Panday, Rishi Nannan, Wang, S., Schermer, E. H., Cooksley, T., Alam, N., Nanayakkara, P. W. B.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Cancer; Mortality
• Online Access: http://www.njmonline.nl/article_ft.php?a=2179&d=1438&i=232; https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149239
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: 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 to compare survival of septic patients with cancer to those without an...