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ArticleInfectious disease reports2021

Hepatitis B Vaccination in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Quality Improvement Project at a Veteran Affairs Chronic Kidney Disease Clinic.

Jacob Hettenbaugh, Ryan Mullane, Gayle Gillispie, Valerie Shostrom, Linda Flores, Jennifer A Fillaus, Marius C Florescu, Denise Murcek, Ketki K Tendulkar

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Article in Infectious disease reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jacob HettenbaughDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68138, USA.
Ryan MullaneDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68138, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6760-3277
Gayle GillispieDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68138, USA.
Valerie ShostromDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68138, USA.
Linda FloresDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68138, USA.
Jennifer A FillausDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68138, USA.
Marius C FlorescuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68138, USA.
Denise MurcekDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68138, USA.
Ketki K TendulkarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68138, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8988-564X
VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis B vaccination is recommended in all patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). However, only 50-60% of these patients achieve protective antibody levels if immunized after starting dialysis. Strategies to overcome this low seroconversion rate include a 6-month vaccination schedule starting earlier [chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 4 and 5] to ensure immunity when patients progress to ESKD. We conducted a quality improvement program to immunize pre-dialysis patients. Patients who were found to have a negative baseline serology with a negative hepatitis B surface antibody level (HBsAb) were offered vaccination on a 6-month schedule (0, 1 and 6 months) with one of two available vaccines within the VA system (Recombivax™ or Engerix™). HBsAb titers were checked 3-4 months later, and titers ≥ 12 mIU/mL were indicative of immunity at VA. Patients who did not seroconvert were offered a repeat schedule of three more doses. We screened 198 patients (187 males and 11 females) with CKD 4 and 5 [glomerular filtration rate (GFR) < 29 mL/min/1.73 m

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chronic kidney diseasehepatitis B vaccinepre-dialysisseroconversion

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PMID34940404
PMCPMC8701395
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