Traveling with Infants and Children. Part 2: Immunizations

Immunizations for adults and children.

Health maintenance in school-aged children: Part I. History, physical examination, screening, and immunizations.

The goals of the well-child examination in school-aged children (kindergarten through early adolescence) are promoting health, detecting disease, and counseling to prevent injury and future health problems. A complete history should address any concerns from the patient and family and screen for lifestyle habits, including diet, physical activity, daily screen time (e.g., television, computer, ...

Update on immunizations in children and adolescents.

Over the past few years, there have been many changes to the recommendations for children and adolescents by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. These include dividing the immunization schedule into two parts (i.e., ages birth to six years and seven to 18 years, with catch-up schedules for each group); expanding the recommendations for influenza vaccine to children ages six months...

Update on childhood and adolescent immunizations: selected review of US recommendations and literature: part 2.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To provide a clinically relevant synopsis of research findings regarding childhood and adolescent vaccines. RECENT FINDINGS Vaccine coverage is relatively static or improving for the vaccines included in the 2010 annual harmonized immunization schedules. Providers should be reviewing patients' immunization records at each visit to take advantage of any opportunity to adminis...

Traveling with children: beyond car seat safety.

OBJECTIVE To spread knowledge and instigate the health professional to give advice on childcare during travels and on child transport safety. SOURCES OF DATA Literature review through the LILACS and MEDLINE(®) databases, using the terms: travel, safety, protective equipment, child, preventive medicine, retrieving articles published in the last 21 years. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS The authors a...