Table 3.
Provider live vaccine recommendation.
| Live immunizations |
Total N = 50 (%) |
Coastal N = 12 (%) |
Midwest N = 21 (%) |
South N = 17 (%) |
Fischer's exact p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I do not provide recommendations regarding LIVE immunizations | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 0.99 |
| I provide/recommend when the patient is… | |||||
| a. Off steroids and in remission | 39 (78) | 9 (75) | 17 (81) | 13 (76) | 0.91 |
| b. On low dose (every other day) steroids | 15 (30) | 3 (25) | 7 (33) | 5 (29) | 0.93 |
| c. On daily high dose steroids | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | — |
| d. Off other immunosuppressive medications (i.e., cyclosporine, tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, cyclophosphamide, rituximab) | 38 (76) | 10 (83) | 15 (71) | 13 (76) | 0.91 |
| I would not alter the immunization schedule for LIVE immunizations in patients with NS. They can receive them at any time | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | — |
| I would never provide a LIVE immunization to a NS patient regardless of therapy or remission status | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | — |
| All responses consistent with guidelines | 11 (22) | 3 (25) | 5 (24) | 3 (18) | 0.83 |
Data are shown as number (percent).
NS, nephrotic syndrome.