Vaccine preventable diseases Flashcards
1
Q
Red flags for vaccine preventable diseases
A
- potential exposure history (travel to endemic area)
- delayed, incomplete or no immunizations in Canadian born
- immigrant or refugee children with incomplete immunizations
- may have had improperly stored vaccines or too malnourished to respond optimally
2
Q
What countries still have endemic polio?
A
Afghanistan and Pakistan
3
Q
What are measles complications?
A
OM
pneumonia
encephalitis
death
4
Q
What do all patients with unexplained congenital cataracts need to be tested for?
A
Rubella
5
Q
What causes resp compromise in diphtheria?
A
pseudo-membrane build up
6
Q
What disease is vaccine failure common?
A
Mumps
