• FluTrackers.com Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster. The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website. By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.
  • We are not asking for any donations. Do not donate to any entity who says they are raising funds for us.

High-dose influenza vaccine use among patients receiving hemodialysis in the United States, 2010-2013

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2018 Sep 5. pii: S0264-410X(18)31229-5. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.08.079. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]High-dose influenza vaccine use among patients receiving hemodialysis in the United States, 2010-2013.[/h] McGrath LJ[SUP]1[/SUP], Layton JB[SUP]2[/SUP], Krueger WS[SUP]3[/SUP], Kshirsagar AV[SUP]4[/SUP], Butler AM[SUP]5[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] Standard influenza vaccines may be of limited benefit to patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). These patients may benefit from high-dose influenza vaccine, currently indicated for patients aged ≥65 years. Studies in other populations have demonstrated that high-dose vaccine elicits a stronger immunological response. We compared vaccine uptake in the United States and predictors of receipt for high-dose and standard influenza vaccines.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] Using data from the United States Renal Data System (2010-2013), we conducted a cohort study of 421,482 adult patients on hemodialysis. We examined temporal trends in uptake of high-dose or standard trivalent influenza vaccine each influenza season, and used multivariate logistic regression to assess the association between individual-level variables (e.g., demographics, comorbidities) and facility-level variables (e.g., facility size and type) with vaccine receipt.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] The proportion of patients with ESRD who were vaccinated with any influenza vaccine increased from 68.3% in 2010 to 72.4% in 2013. High-dose vaccines were administered to 0.9% of patients during the study period, and 16.7% of high-dose vaccines were administered to patients <65 years of age. Among patients aged ≥65 years, older patients (>79 vs. 65-69 years: OR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.19-1.41) and patients at hospital-based versus free-standing dialysis facilities (OR, 2.31; 95% CI, 2.13-2.45) were more likely to receive high-dose vaccine, while blacks (vs. whites [OR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.61-0.71]) and patients with longer duration of ESRD (>9 vs. 0 years: OR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.55-0.78) were less likely to receive the high-dose vaccine.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] While the overall influenza vaccination rate has increased, use of high-dose vaccine among patients with ESRD was very low. Being an older patient, living in the Midwest, and receiving care at hospital-based facilities were the strongest predictors of receiving high-dose vaccine.
Copyright ? 2018. Published by Elsevier Ltd.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] End-stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; High-dose; Influenza; Influenza vaccine

PMID: 30195486 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.08.079
 
Back
Top Bottom