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... is not recommended because of concern for altering vaccine effectiveness. Pharmacologic Techniques for Minimizing Injection Pain If topical anesthesia is used, planning ahead is necessary to ensure the anesthetic is applied sufficiently in advance to develop effective anesthesia. Strategies can include applying...

... response. Treatment Specific antiviral therapy is not available. Pharmacologic therapy focuses on decreasing airway edema via corticosteroids and nebulized epinephrine, which are mainstays of treatment. Patients with mild croup can often be managed with supportive care at home, although data have shown...

..., colectomy may be necessary. Follow-up stool examination is recommended after completion of therapy for intestinal disease, because no pharmacologic regimen is completely effective in eradicating intestinal tract infection. Household members and other suspected contacts should have stool examinations...

... synthesis (ie, antibody deficiency syndromes); leukemia, lymphoma, or generalized malignant neoplasm; or people receiving immunosuppressive therapy with pharmacologic agents (see Immunization and Other Considerations in Immunocompromised Children , p 93) or radiation therapy should receive IPV. OPV should...

... ). ^fMonitor for nephrotoxicity and neurologic irritation. Consider involving an infectious diseases or pharmacology specialist if weight-based dosing exceeds 800 mg per dose or if being administered with other nephrotoxic medications. ^gUse estimate of ideal body weight in children...