Immunization Status at the Time of Liver Transplant in Children and Adolescents

Amy G Feldman; Shikha S Sundaram; Brenda L Beaty; Richard Torres; Donna J Curtis; Allison Kempe

doi:10.1001/jama.2019.14386

Immunization Status at the Time of Liver Transplant in Children and Adolescents

JAMA. 2019 Nov 12;322(18):1822-1824. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.14386.

Authors

Amy G Feldman¹, Shikha S Sundaram¹, Brenda L Beaty², Richard Torres¹, Donna J Curtis³, Allison Kempe²

Affiliations

¹ Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora.
² Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora.
³ Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora.

Abstract

This study characterizes the percentage of pediatric patients undergoing liver transplant who were up to date for their age on immunizations at the time of transplant and risk factors for underimmunization.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Female
Humans
Liver Transplantation*
Male
Vaccination / statistics & numerical data*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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