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Chapter 11: Newborn Immunizations and Immune Prophylaxis
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Published:January 2020
Robert Angert, MD, FAAP, Iona Munjal, MD, Tamara Kalhan, MD, 2020. "Newborn Immunizations and Immune Prophylaxis", Neonatology for Primary Care, Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP
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Timely immunization of infants is a high priority for providers of primary care, because vaccine-preventable diseases may cause serious and life-threatening complications in full-term infants and especially in preterm infants. Recent declines in vaccination rates are caused in part by parental refusal and/or alternative vaccination schedules; as a result, vaccine-preventable diseases are reemerging in the United States and other countries.1 Preterm and low-birth-weight infants are at greater risk of increased morbidity resulting from vaccine-preventable diseases than term infants. Therefore, gestational age and birth weight should not deter on-schedule administration of immunizations, with the exception of specific criteria for the...
