COVID-19 and splenectomy: Education matters

Etienne Crickx

doi:10.1111/bjh.18767

COVID-19 and splenectomy: Education matters

Br J Haematol. 2023 Jun;201(6):1023-1024. doi: 10.1111/bjh.18767. Epub 2023 Mar 30.

Author

Etienne Crickx^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Department, Centre National de Référence des Cytopénies Auto-Immunes de l'adulte, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire TRUE InnovaTive theRapy for immUne disordErs, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris Est Créteil, Créteil, France.
² Université de Paris Cité, Imagine Institute, Laboratory of Immunogenetics of Pediatric Autoimmune Diseases, INSERM UMR U1163, Paris, France.

PMID: 36994879
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18767

Abstract

Whether COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality are increased in splenectomized patients is unknown. The study by Bianchi et al. suggests increased hospitalizations and mortality rates in splenectomized patients, despite observing similar infection rates when compared to the general population. Commentary on: Bianchi et al. Burden of COVID19 disease and vaccine coverages in Apulian splenectomized patients. A retrospective observational study. Br J Haematol 2023;201:1072-1080.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Splenectomy.

Publication types

Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Educational Status
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Splenectomy
Vaccines*

Substances

Vaccines