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Anaphylaxis After Vaccination Of Children Very Rare

Anaphylaxis remains an adverse event that occurs very rarely in children after immunisation, according to prospective surveillance carried out in the UK and Ireland.

The study, published online yesterday in the Archives of Disease in Childhood (23 January 2012), included any suspected cases of anaphylactic shock following immunisation of children under 16 years of age that were reported to the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit between September 2008 and October 2009.

During this time paediatricians reported 15 cases, seven of which were confirmed as anaphylaxis. Six children needed treatment with intramuscular adrenaline and intravenous fluids, but all made a full recovery. Three of the children already carried injectable adrenaline because they had experienced unexplained anaphylaxis before or had multiple food allergies.

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Extract taken from PJ Online