travel medicine tutorial 4

Question 1

how many people travelling internationally per yeat

Answer 1

one and a half billion

Question 2

what percentage becomes ill after travelling abroad

Answer 2

79 percent

Question 3

high risk of travel regions

Answer 3

thailand, india, kenya, gambia

Question 4

most common illness assocaited with travle

Answer 4

diarrhea

Question 5

considers for older people travelling overseas

Answer 5

pre travel counselling
assessment of comorbidities
vaccines

Question 6

pre travle counselling

Answer 6

familiar with pretravel medicine

Question 7

assessment of comorbidities

Answer 7

cardio-evaluated before travelling
pulmonary- discuss travel plan with doctor, acute pulmonary risk of exacerbations and oxygen supplemental
malignancy and thromembolic - risk of vtd, enoxaparin and knee compression

Question 8

vaccines

Answer 8

general vaccines
non-travel related vaccines, pneumonia, titanus
hep a -2 doses
hep b - risk of acquiring the disease