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ReviewAnnals of hematology2019

Management of sepsis in neutropenic cancer patients: 2018 guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) and Intensive Care Working Party (iCHOP) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO).

Matthias Kochanek, E Schalk, M von Bergwelt-Baildon, G Beutel, D Buchheidt, M Hentrich, L Henze, M Kiehl, T Liebregts, M von Lilienfeld-Toal and 5 more

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Review in Annals of hematology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

86 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. [S3 guideline on sepsis-prevention, diagnosis, therapy, and follow-up care-update 2025].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2025
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  9. Prognostic Factors and Risk Stratification in Malignant Tumor Patients With Sepsis: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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  12. Cancer Patients with Sepsis: Prognostic Insights from a Population-Based Cohort Study in Norway.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

15 authors.

Matthias KochanekDepartment I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany. Matthias.Kochanek@uk-koeln.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4766-4651
E SchalkIntensive Care in Hematologic and Oncologic Patients (iCHOP), Cologne, Germany.
M von Bergwelt-BaildonIntensive Care in Hematologic and Oncologic Patients (iCHOP), Cologne, Germany.
G BeutelIntensive Care in Hematologic and Oncologic Patients (iCHOP), Cologne, Germany.
D BuchheidtIntensive Care in Hematologic and Oncologic Patients (iCHOP), Cologne, Germany.
M HentrichDepartment of Medicine III - Hematology and Oncology, Red Cross Hospital, Munich, Germany.
L HenzeIntensive Care in Hematologic and Oncologic Patients (iCHOP), Cologne, Germany.
M KiehlIntensive Care in Hematologic and Oncologic Patients (iCHOP), Cologne, Germany.
T LiebregtsIntensive Care in Hematologic and Oncologic Patients (iCHOP), Cologne, Germany.
M von Lilienfeld-ToalDepartment for Hematology and Medical Oncology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.
A ClassenDepartment I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
S MellinghoffDepartment I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany.
O PenackDepartment for Hematology, Oncology and Tumorimmunology, Campus Virchow Clinic, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
C PiepelDepartment of Hematology, Oncology and Infectious Diseases, Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Bremen, Germany.
B BöllDepartment I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis and septic shock are major causes of mortality during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia for malignancies requiring urgent treatment. Thus, awareness of the presenting characteristics and prompt management is most important. Improved management of sepsis during neutropenia may reduce the mortality of cancer therapies. However, optimal management may differ between neutropenic and non-neutropenic patients. The aim of the current guideline is to give evidence-based recommendations for hematologists, oncologists, and intensive care physicians on how to manage adult patients with neutropenia and sepsis.

Indexed as

SepsisAdultChemotherapy-Induced Febrile NeutropeniaCritical CareFemaleGermanyHematologyHumansMaleMedical OncologyNeoplasmsPractice Guidelines as TopicSocieties, MedicalCancerGuidelineManagementNeutropeniaSepsisSeptic shock

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PMID30796468
PMCPMC6469653

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