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Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic ... Defend - What vaccination ... /prophylaxis/medications ... E - Exposure History ... #history #diagnosis
Asplenia Management
 • Key Pathogens: H. influenzae type b, Neisseria meningitidis, Capnocytophaga spp, Malaria, Babesia
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Malaria, Babesia • Vaccinations ... • Antibiotic Prophylaxis ... Management #infections #vaccinations ... #prophylaxis
How herd immunity works - By Theotheredmun

#PatientInfo #Pathophysiology #Policy #Peds #Pediatrics #Herd #Immunity #Vaccination #Spread
#Policy #Peds #Pediatrics ... Herd #Immunity #Vaccination
CDC Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger
United States, 2019

#Immunization #Schedule
CDC2019 #Peds #Pediatrics ... PrimaryCare #Vaccines #Vaccination
CDC 2019 Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Medical Indication
United States, 2019

#Immunization #Schedule #Child #Adolescent
CDC2019 #Peds #Pediatrics ... PrimaryCare #Vaccines #Vaccination
"I MD SOAPS" Infectious Diseases Exposure History

I - Immunization - Vaccination status (age-appropriate, comorbidities, travel, etc)
M
Diseases Exposure History ... Immunization - Vaccination ... Place - Travel history ... members, past ID history ... #Mnemonic #InfectiousDiseases
HEEADSSS - for psychosocial history taking in adolescents

Home environment, Education and employment, Eating, peer-related Activities, Drugs,
for psychosocial history ... Screening #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Psychosocial #History ... Adolescents #HEADSSS #Mnemonic
Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) - Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
Varicella or Disseminated Zoster:
 • Transmission: direct contact w/ fluid
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis ... PEP = varicella vaccination ... ELIGIBILITY FOR VACCINATION ... as prophylaxis: ... immunocompromised - No history
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Infections in HIV-AIDS
Pre-Exposure Prevention of VZV
documentation of vaccination ... seronegative for VZV Vaccination ... Primary varicella vaccination ... months apart • If vaccination ... before varicella vaccination
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for Pertussis
 • Highly contagious, secondary attack rate 80% in susceptible individuals!
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Post-Exposure Prophylaxis ... regardless of vaccination ... #PostExposure #Prophylaxis