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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2018

Leukemoid Reaction in Infant Pertussis: Is There a Place for Hydroxyurea? A Case Report.

Guillaume Maitre, Damien Schaffner, Julia Natterer, David Longchamp, Thomas Ferry, Manuel Diezi, Stefano Di Bernardo, Marie-Hélène Perez, Vivianne Amiet

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Therapeutic Role of Hydroxyurea in Paediatric Hydroxyurea Pertussis:Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2025
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  7. [Complications of pertussis].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guillaume MaitrePediatric Intensive Care Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Damien SchaffnerPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Julia NattererPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
David LongchampPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Thomas FerryPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Manuel DieziPediatric Onco-Hematology Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Stefano Di BernardoPediatric Cardiology Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Marie-Hélène PerezPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Vivianne AmietPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
University of Lausanne · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 73-days old infant of 34 weeks' gestation was hospitalized with a co-infection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and

Indexed as

bordetella pertussishydroxyureahyperleukocytosisleukemoid reactionwhite blood cell count

Identifiers

PMID30356838
PMCPMC6190881
OpenAlexW2890545455

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Registered trials

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