Article: Maculopapular skin rashes associated with high-dose chemotherapy: prevalence and risk factors.(Clinical report)

Purpose/Objectives: To determine the prevalence of and risk factors for maculopapular skin rashes associated with high-dose chemotherapy.

Design: Observational pilot study.

Setting: A bone marrow transplant hematology-oncology unit in a private city hospital.

Sample: Data were collected on 14 patients who developed maculopapular rashes out of 127 patients who received high-dose chemotherapy (purposive sampling).

Methods: Observation of the distribution and nature of skin rashes in relation to chemotherapy, disease, adjuvant medications, and white blood cell counts.

Main Research Variables: Diseases, chemotherapy protocols and ...

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