The Liver Meeting 2020-Academic Debates - Debate 2 Live Vaccines in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: "To Give or Not to Give"

Academic Debates - Debate 2 Live Vaccines in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: "To Give or Not to Give"

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In the 2020 academic debate on live vaccines for pediatric liver transplant recipients, the teams from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Children's Hospital of Colorado debated the issue. CHOP argued that live vaccines post-transplant are beneficial due to decreased immunity and the increase in vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles and varicella, while Colorado countered that the risk of injury from attenuated viruses in liver recipients is too great. They highlighted the potential complications of vaccine strain illnesses and lack of strong data supporting the safety and efficacy of post-transplant vaccination. The audience engaged in questions related to COVID-19 impact, contraindications for listing transplants, managing vaccine strain illnesses, balancing advancing care, and maintaining safety, and addressing concerns around vaccine misinformation in the COVID era. Ultimately, CHOP won the debate with 57% of the votes, showcasing the importance of vaccinations in pediatric transplant recipients and the need for further research in this area.

Keywords

academic debate

live vaccines

pediatric liver transplant recipients

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Children's Hospital of Colorado

vaccine-preventable diseases

attenuated viruses

post-transplant vaccination