Management of anaphylaxis due to COVID-19 vaccines in the elderly

• Autor(a) principal: Bousquet, Jean
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Agache, Ioana, Blain, Hubert, Jutel, Marek, Ventura, Maria Teresa, Worm, Margitta, Del Giacco, Stefano, Benetos, Athanasios, Bilo, M Beatrice, Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa, Abdul Latiff, Amir, Levin, Michael, Louis, Renaud, Lourenço, Olga, Atanaskovic-Markovic, Marina, Scichilone, Nicola, Petrovic, Mirko, Rottem, Menachem, Mahler, Vera, Martin, Finbarr C, Matucci, Andrea, Skypala, Isabel, Almeida, Mário Morais, Regateiro, Frederico S, Mortz, Charlotte G, Sturm, Gunter, Rouadi, Philip W, Sediva, Anna, Nekam, Kristof, Niedoszytko, Marek, Odemyr, Mikaëla, Torres, Maria, Smolinska, Sylwia, Palomares, Oscar, Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G, Panzner, Petr, Wallace, Dana, Shamji, Mohamed H, Suppli Ulrik, Charlotte, Pfaar, Oliver, Pham-Thi, Nhân, Plavec, Davor, Zernotti, Mario, Sokolowska, Milena, Untersmayr, Eva, Roller-Winsberger, Regina E, Rolland, Yves, Romano, Antonino, Al-Ahmad, Mona, Todo-Bom, Ana, Walusiak-Skorupa, Jolanta, Salles, Nathalie, Samolinski, Boleslaw, Santos, Alexandra F, Hoffmann, Hans Jürgen, Bennoor, Kazi S, Urrutia-Pereira, Marilyn, Zidarn, Mihaela, Serpa, Faradiba Sarquis, Sastre, Joaquin, Schols, Jos M G A, Sheikh, Aziz, Wang, De-Yun, Angier, Elizabeth, Carreiro-Martins, Pedro, Chivato, Tomas, Berghea, Elena Camelia, Sousa-Pinto, Bernardo, Sova, Milan, Stelmach, Rafael, Cherubini, Antonio, Toppila-Salmi, Sanna, Annesi-Maesano, Isabella, Tsiligianni, Ioanna, Ebisawa, Motohiro, Bindslev-Jensen, Carsten, Carriazo, Ana, Valiulis, Arunas, Vitte, Joana, Vultaggio, Alessandra, Gao, Yadong, Christoff, George, Waserman, Susan, Yorgancioglu, Arzu, Yusuf, Osman, Guérin, Olivier, Casale, Thomas, Eberlein, Bernadette, Akdis, Cezmi A, Zuberbier, Torsten, Klimek, Ludger, Irani, Carla, Chu, Derek K, Gavazzi, Gaëtan, Bachert, Claus, Barbaud, Annick, Bedbrook, Anna, Bonini, Sergio, Farrell, John, Haahtela, Tari, Bosnic-Anticevich, Sinthia, Brockow, Knut, Brussino, Luisa, Reynes, Jacques, Kvedarienė, Violeta, Gawlik, Radolslaw, Ispayeva, Zhanat, Camargos, Paulo, Canonica, G Walter, Cardona, Victoria, Caubet, Jean-Christoph, Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Karin, Cecchi, Lorenzo, Milenkovic, Branislava, Ivancevich, Juan Carlos, Lauerma, Antti, Cruz, Alvaro A, Dokic, Dejan, El-Gamal, Yehia, Mullol, Joaquim, Fernandez-Rivas, Montserrat, Fokkens, Wytske J, Fonseca, Joao A, O'Hehir, Robyn, Le Thi Tuyet, Lan, Miot, Stéphanie, Gelincik, Asli, Gemicioglu, Bilun, Gotua, Maia, Passalacqua, Gianni, Namazova-Baranova, Leyla, Hofmann, Maja, Hrubisko, Martin, lenaIllario, Madda, Popov, Todor A, Montella, Emma, Okamoto, Yoshitaka, Julge, Kaja, Kaidashev, Igor, Khaitov, Musa, Rondon, Carmen, Neffen, Hugo, Patella, Vincenzo, Knol, Edward, Kraxner, Helga, Kuna, Piotr, Le Moing, Vincent, Ollert, Markus, Recto, Marysia T
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/11191
• topic: Vaccines; Anaphylaxis; Older - Adults/people; Adrenaline

Older adults, especially men and/or those with diabetes, hypertension and/or obesity, are prone to severe COVID-19. In some countries, older adults, particularly those residing in nursing homes, have been prioritised to receive COVID-19 vaccines due to high risk of death. In very rare instances,the COVID-19 vaccines can induce anaphylaxis, and the management of anaphylaxis in older people should be considered carefully. An ARIA-EAACI-EuGMS (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and European Geriatric Medicine Society)Working Group has proposed some recommendations for older adults receiving the COVID-19 vaccines. Anaphylaxis to COVID-19 vaccines is extremely rare (from 1 per 100,000 to 5 per million injections). Symptoms are similar in younger and older adults but they tend to be more severe in the older patients. Adrenaline is the mainstay treatment and should be readily available. A flowchart is proposed to manage anaphylaxis in the older patients.