Preventive Pediatrics Flashcards
All vaccines can be given simultaneously except for
Tdap and diphtheria
Yellow fever and cholera vaccine
Yellow fever and cholera vaccine should be given how many weeks apart
3 weeks
Tdap and meningococcal vaccine must be given how many weeks alart
4 weeks
Contraindications to live vaccines
Pregnancy
Immunosuppresion
Minimum age where Japanese encephalitis vaccine can be given
9 months
If more than 18 years old, how many doses of japanese encephalitis vaccine are given?
Single dose only
For fully immunized patients, Td boosters are given every
10 years
What should be given if a neonate was born to a HbsAg positive mother?
Hep B vaccine and immunoglobulin within 12 hours of birth
What to give to the newborn if the HbsAg status is unknown?
Give vaccine within 12 hours
Determine status
If positive, give Ig no later than 7 days
HPv vaccine can be given as early as what age
9 years old
Hepatitis A vaccine can be given to ages
12 and above
This vaccine is not routinely given to healthy children older than 5 years old
Pneumococcal
The final dose of this vaccine must be given no later than 8 months old
Rotavirus
Do not start this vaccine series in infants older than 15 weeks
Rotavirus
Schedule for rotavirus must be followed because of the increased risk of this disease if given in older than 15 weeks or last dose given later than 32 weeks
Intussuception
Absolute contraindication to vaccination in children
Pertussis
Who needs antibiotic prophylaxis in rabies?
Category 3
Drug of choice for rabies antibiotic prophylaxis
Co-Amoxiclav 40 mg/kg/day x 7 days
RA 10152- mandatory basic immunization does not cover which vaccine?
Rotavirus
What will you give to an unvaccinated exposed child to prevent measles?
Vaccinate immediately
This disease must be given post exposure prophylaxis to all close contacts regardless of immune status
Diphtheria
Newborn must be given varicella IG if mother had varicella when
5 days pre delivery up to 2 days after
IMCI PLAN C
give 30ml/kg for ____ and 70ml/kg for ____ in infants less than 12 months
1 hour
5 hours
IMCI PLAN C
give 30ml/kg for ____ and 70ml/kg for ____ in older children
30 mins
2 1/2 hours
IMCI PLAN A:
Amount given after each loose stool
<24 months
2-10 years
> 10 years
<24 months: 50-100ml
2-10 years: 100-200 ml
> 10 years: as much wanted
IMCI PLAN B:
Amount needed= weight in kg x____
Weight in kg x75
How much zinc should be given after episodes of diarrhea
10-20mg OD x 10-14 days
