The 2006 Adult Immunization Schedule: Improving Immunization Rates - Practice ...
Dec 15, 2005 - The 2006 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule provides a concise tool to help family physicians identify who to vaccinate, when to vaccinate, and which vaccine to use.
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/1215/p2545.html
The 2006 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: Reflections at the 50th ...
Jan 1, 2006 - ...The past year brought a notable reemergence of pertussis. Waning immunity from the birth-to-five-years diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis/diphtheria, tetanus toxoids, and acellular pertussis vaccine series likely contributed to epidemic spread, especially in adolescents. The...
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0101/p37.html
The Pretravel Consultation - American Family Physician
Oct 15, 2016 - Key components of the pretravel consultation include intake questions regarding the traveler’s anticipated itinerary and medical history; immunizations; malaria prophylaxis; and personal protection measures against arthropod bites, traveler’s diarrhea, and injury. Most vaccinations that...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/1015/p620.html
The Pretravel Consultation - American Family Physician
Sep 15, 2009 - The increase in travel and travel medicine knowledge over the past 30 years makes pretravel counseling an essential part of comprehensive family medicine. Effective counseling begins with assessment of individual and itinerary-based risks, using a growing body of evidence-based ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0915/p583.html
Treatment of the Common Cold - American Family Physician
Sep 1, 2019 - Acute upper respiratory tract infections are extremely common in adults and children, but only a few safe and effective treatments are available. Patients typically present with nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, sore throat, cough, general malaise, and/or low-grade fever. Informing patients...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0901/p281.html
Update on Immunizations in Adults - American Family Physician
Nov 1, 2011 - Vaccine-preventable diseases contribute significantly to the morbidity and mortality of U.S. adults. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates its recommended adult immunization schedule annually. The most recent updates ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2011/1101/p1015.html
Update on Routine Childhood and Adolescent Immunizations - American Family Physician
Sep 15, 2015 - Recommendations for routine vaccinations in children and adolescents have changed multiple times in recent years, based on findings in clinical trials, licensure of new vaccines, and evidence of waning immunity. Despite the overwhelming success of vaccinations, vaccine delay and refusal...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0915/p460.html
Vaccine Adverse Events: Separating Myth from Reality - American Family Physician
Jun 15, 2017 - Vaccines are one of the most successful medical advances in modern times. Most vaccine-preventable illnesses are unfamiliar to modern parents. Because of this, parents are increasingly questioning the necessity of immunizing their children, especially because no vaccine is completely ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0615/p786.html
Vaccine Adverse Events: Separating Myth from Reality - American Family Physician
Dec 1, 2002 - Vaccines have turned many childhood diseases into distant memories in industrialized countries. However, questions have been raised about the safety of some vaccines because of rare but serious adverse effects that have been attributed to them. Pain, swelling, and redness at the ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/1201/p2113.html
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