vaccinations in COPD

Last edited 06/2018

vaccinations

Influenza vaccination

  • reduces serious illness and death in COPD patients
  • vaccines containing either killed live inactivated virus are recommended as they are more effective in elderly patients with COPD
  • population based studies have reported that a decreased risk of ischemic heart disease when they were vaccinated with influenza vaccine over many years

Penumococcal vaccination

  • the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) has been shown to reduce the incidence of community acquired pneumonia in COPD patients <65 years with an FEV1 <40% predicted and in those with comorbidities (especially cardiac)
  • in adults >=65 years, the 13-valent conjugated pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) has shown significant efficacy in reducing bacteremia and serious invasive pneumococcal disease (1)

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