Validation of National Early Warning Score and Quick Sequential (sepsis‐related) Organ Failure Assessment in acute myeloid leukaemia patients treated with intensive chemotherapy

Chemotherapy‐induced neutropenia in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a risk factor for life‐threatening infections. Early diagnosis and prompt interventions are associated with better outcomes, but the prediction of infection severity remains an open question. Recently, National Early Warning Score (NEWS) and quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) scores were proposed as warning clinical instruments predicting in‐hospital mortality, but their role in the haematological context is still unknown.

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