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    Effectiveness of the pneumococcal vaccine in preventing pneumococcal infections in the elderly
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2019-04-07) Azaña Capillo, Joselyn; Caruajulca Cabrera, Yudy Natalí; Pretell Aguilar, Rosa María
    OBJECTIVE: Systematize the evidence on the effectiveness of the Pneumococcal vaccine in the prevention of pneumococcal infections in the elderly population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The systematic review consists of 10 scientific articles, which demonstrate the effectiveness of the Antipneumococcal vaccine in the prevention of pneumococcal infections in the elderly population, obtained from the following database: Pubmed, Scielo, Medline, Ebsco, and Google academic. They were analyzed according to the Grade scale to determine the strength of recommendation and quality of the evidence. Of the 10 articles. 50% is moderate evidence, 40% is high evidence and 10% is low evidence RESULTS: Of the 10 articles reviewed, 100% (10/10) demonstrate the effectiveness of the pneumococcal vaccine in preventing infections pneumococcal infections in the elderly population. CONCLUSIONS: According to the evidence reviewed, it is concluded that 10 of the 10 articles demonstrate that there is effectiveness of the anti-pneumococcal vaccine in the prevention of pneumococcal infections in the elderly population with statistical significance of 72-76%.