Risk for Subdeltoid Bursitis After Influenza Vaccination: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subdeltoid bursitis has been reported as an adverse event after intramuscular vaccination in the deltoid muscle. Most published case reports involved influenza vaccine.

Objective

To estimate the risk for subdeltoid bursitis after influenza vaccination.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

The Vaccine Safety Datalink, which contains health encounter data for 10.2 million members of 7 U.S. health care organizations.

Patients

Persons who received an inactivated influenza vaccine during the 2016-2017 influenza season.

Measurements

Potential incident cases were identified by searching administrative data for persons with a shoulder bursitis diagnostic code within 180 days after receiving an injectable influenza vaccine in the same arm.

SUBMITTER: Hesse EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11616786 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature