| Complicated febrile episode in a child with non-chemotherapy-induced neutropenia is defined by one or more of the following associated findings: |
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- Gastrointestinal symptoms:
- Abdominal pain
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
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- New-onset neurologic signs or mental status changes
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- Intravascular catheter infection (especially catheter tunnel infection)
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- Underlying chronic lung disease
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- New pulmonary infiltrate or hypoxemia
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- Skin or soft tissue infection at any site
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- Sinus tenderness or other findings of upper respiratory tract infection
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