| Immunization of preterm and low birth weight infant |
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Su-Eun Park |
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea |
| 미숙아와 저출생체중아의 예방접종 |
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박수은 |
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부산대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
Correspondence:
Su-Eun Park, Email: psepse@naver.com
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| Abstract |
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Infants who are born prematurely or with low birth weight should be immunized at the same postnatal chronologic age. They should receive BCG, DTaP, IPV vaccines according to the same recommended schedule as full term infants. Hepatitis B vaccine schedule is modified when hepatitis B vaccine is administered a infant with birth weight less than 2,000 g. The recommended standard dose of each vaccine should be administered. Proportion of children experiencing vaccine-related adverse events dose not differ between full-term and preterm infants. Immunization with routinely recommended childhood vaccines is safe for preterm and low birth weight infants. |
| Key Words:
Immunization , Preterm |
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