Increased incidence of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in 2021 correlating with the ongoing vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in a tertiary center - A monocentric analysis

Standard

Harvard

APA

Vancouver

Bibtex

@article{d78ee06f621b4c469a64ee9c44d79c1a,
title = "Increased incidence of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in 2021 correlating with the ongoing vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in a tertiary center - A monocentric analysis",
abstract = "Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) was reported as a rare complication of COVID-19 vaccines. We conducted a retrospective single-center analysis of all ITP cases detected in 2021 and compared the quantity with the pre-vaccination years, from 2018 to 2020. In 2021, a two-fold increase in ITP cases was identified compared to previous years; 11 of 40 cases (27.5%) were considered COVID-19-vaccine related. Our study highlights an increase in ITP cases at our institution, probably related to COVID-19 vaccinations. Further studies are needed to investigate this finding globally.",
author = "C Schaefers and F-O Paulsen and C Frenzel and K Weisel and C Bokemeyer and C Seidel",
note = "{\textcopyright} 2023 The Authors. British Journal of Haematology published by British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",
year = "2023",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1111/bjh.18686",
language = "English",
volume = "201",
pages = "222--226",
journal = "BRIT J HAEMATOL",
issn = "0007-1048",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "2",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Increased incidence of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in 2021 correlating with the ongoing vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in a tertiary center - A monocentric analysis

AU - Schaefers, C

AU - Paulsen, F-O

AU - Frenzel, C

AU - Weisel, K

AU - Bokemeyer, C

AU - Seidel, C

N1 - © 2023 The Authors. British Journal of Haematology published by British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

PY - 2023/4

Y1 - 2023/4

N2 - Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) was reported as a rare complication of COVID-19 vaccines. We conducted a retrospective single-center analysis of all ITP cases detected in 2021 and compared the quantity with the pre-vaccination years, from 2018 to 2020. In 2021, a two-fold increase in ITP cases was identified compared to previous years; 11 of 40 cases (27.5%) were considered COVID-19-vaccine related. Our study highlights an increase in ITP cases at our institution, probably related to COVID-19 vaccinations. Further studies are needed to investigate this finding globally.

AB - Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) was reported as a rare complication of COVID-19 vaccines. We conducted a retrospective single-center analysis of all ITP cases detected in 2021 and compared the quantity with the pre-vaccination years, from 2018 to 2020. In 2021, a two-fold increase in ITP cases was identified compared to previous years; 11 of 40 cases (27.5%) were considered COVID-19-vaccine related. Our study highlights an increase in ITP cases at our institution, probably related to COVID-19 vaccinations. Further studies are needed to investigate this finding globally.

U2 - 10.1111/bjh.18686

DO - 10.1111/bjh.18686

M3 - Short publication

C2 - 36793157

VL - 201

SP - 222

EP - 226

JO - BRIT J HAEMATOL

JF - BRIT J HAEMATOL

SN - 0007-1048

IS - 2

ER -