British Society for Haematology guidelines to improve the care of asplenic patients: Much work done, some remaining and a call for national registries

Etienne Rivière

doi:10.1111/bjh.19379

British Society for Haematology guidelines to improve the care of asplenic patients: Much work done, some remaining and a call for national registries

Br J Haematol. 2024 Apr 10. doi: 10.1111/bjh.19379. Online ahead of print.

Author

Etienne Rivière^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Haut-Leveque Hospital, University Hospital Centre of Bordeaux, Pessac Cedex, France.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.

PMID: 38600802
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19379

Abstract

Asplenic patients are at high risk of serious infectious or thrombotic complications, especially when they are not adequately informed of the risk and not closely followed. Ladhani et al. on behalf of the British Society for Haematology propose updated guidelines for managing these patients. Healthcare professionals need to improve infection prevention in patients with hypofunctional or absent spleen through better identification and immunisation using established national registries. Commentary on: Ladhani et al. Prevention and treatment of infection in patients with absent or hypofunctional spleen: A British Society for Haematology guideline. Br J Haematol 2024 (Online ahead of print). doi: 10.1111/bjh.19361.

Keywords: COVID‐19; autoimmune disease; hypofunctional spleen; inflammatory bowel disease; lymphoma; myeloproliferative neoplasm; sickle cell disease; splenectomy; vaccine.