METHOD FOR DECISION SUPPORT IN DIAGNOSIS OF NEUTROPENIC FEVER IN HEMATOLOGY PATIENTS

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of providing clinical decision support in neutropenic fever diagnosis. The method comprises providing information about a patient and measuring blood parameters from a blood sample from said patient. The blood parameters comprise measurements of blood cells, iron turn-over, blood coagulation, organ stress, metabolism, acute phase reactants, cytokines and immunoglobulins. The method further comprises calculating an indicator value by using said measurement of blood parameters and information about said patient in a regression model. The indicator value is indicative of whether said patient has neutropenic fever due to a systemic infection or due to a non-infectious inflammation, respectively.