Important: VAERS reports alone cannot determine if a vaccine caused an adverse event. Reports may contain incomplete, inaccurate, or unverified information. Correlation does not equal causation.
#339 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Pulse absent has been reported 23 times in association with DTaP + Hepatitis B + IPV (Pediarix) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 0.2% of all 15,041 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 20 mentioned death (86.96%) and 3 involved hospitalization (13.0%).
Pulse absent is the #339 most frequently reported symptom for DTaP + Hepatitis B + IPV (Pediarix) out of 1275 total symptoms.
Disclaimer: VAERS reports describe events that occurred after vaccination but do not establish that the vaccine caused the event. Many reported symptoms may be coincidental or related to underlying conditions.
Seeing 23 reports of Pulse absent after DTaP + Hepatitis B + IPV (Pediarix) vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical.
The 86.96% mortality rate among these reports is elevated, but this reflects the severity of the condition itself rather than vaccine causation.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.