Vaccination in chronic pulmonary and cardiovascular disease

This article aims to present the importance, the benefits and the recommendations of the most important scientific so­cie­ties regarding the vaccination of people with chronic lung and cardiovascular diseases. The National Adult Im­mu­ni­za­tion Program has been in existence in Romania for about one year. Until the end of 2023, adults did not benefit from any compensated vaccines (except for flu vaccine), but since the last year, patients with different chronic diseases can be offered free vaccines depending on their pathology. Car­dio­vas­cu­lar and pulmonary diseases have an increased in­ci­dence among Romanian patients, being a leading cause of morbidity and mortality both nationally and world­wide, which should alarm doctors who are involved in the ma­nage­ment of these diseases and should make them more ag­gres­sive in terms of prophylaxis and reducing the risk factors, that could be avoided. The solution for these pa­tients is vac­ci­na­tion, both pneumococcal and against in­flu­enza, and to a large ex­tent this is the responsibility of the family doctor, who is the primary vaccinator. Cor­rectly ad­mi­nis­tered vaccination, de­pen­ding on age and co­mor­bi­di­ties, can save lives.