Evidence-based On-call

Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Prevention

and a pneumococcal vaccination ^a

Why?

Pneumococcal vaccination reduces pneumococcal pneumonia, though has no clear effect on mortality or the overall rate of pneumonia. ^a

Pneumococcal vaccination reduces pneumococcal pneumonia.

Patient	Treatment	Comparison	Outcome	CER	OR (95% CI)	NNT (95% CI)
elderly ^a	pneumococcal vaccination	no pneumococcal vaccination	pneumococcal pneumonia at	1%	0.34 (0.24 to 0.48)	150 (130 to 190)