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Adverse events following vaccination of older people may be under‐reported

Author(s) -

Clothier Hazel J,

Crawford Nigel W,

Russell Melissa,

Buttery Jim P

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

medical journal of australia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904

H-Index - 131

eISSN - 1326-5377

pISSN - 0025-729X

DOI - 10.5694/mja16.01371

Subject(s) - research centre , library science , sociology , medicine , media studies , computer science

60e69 years 70e AEFI reports 345 Sex (women) 252 (73%)* 158 Reactions Localised 240 (70%) 169 Systemic 66 (19%) 28 Fever 53 (15%) 28 Gastrointestinal 50 (14%) 31 Musculoskeletal 41 (12%) 33 Allergic 28 (8%) 30 Headache 30 (9%) 15 Inflammatory/immune 21 (6%) 8 Respiratory 14 (4%) 3 Cardiac 9 (3%) 7 Neurological 8 (2%) 4 Other 54 (16%) 36 Total 614 Serious AEFIs, number 38 Proportion (95% CI) 11.0% (7.9e15%) 1 (7.7 Visited emergency department 18 Proportion (95% CI) 5.2% (3.1e8.1%) 6 (3.8 Admitted to hospital, number 14 Proportion (95% CI) 4.1% (2.2e6.7%) 7 (4.4 Attended clinic, number 12 Proportion (95% CI) 3.5% (1.8e6.0%) 2 (0.7 Vaccines Influenza 210 (61%) Pneumococcal 166 (48%) Diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis booster 45 (13%) Zoster 0 Other 16 (5%) Total 437 SAEFVIC 1⁄4 Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community. * In malaise. x Includes drug administration errors (21 cases). u

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