Early Childhood Vaccination Status of Preterm Infants

Early Childhood Vaccination Status of Preterm Infants

Preterm infants are at increased risk for vaccine-preventable infections and associated complications. Limited studies describe timely vaccination of these vulnerable infants. This retrospective cohort study included Washington State infants with birth hospitalizations at an urban academic medical c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2019-09, Vol.144 (3), p.1
Hauptverfasser: Hofstetter, Annika M, Jacobson, Elizabeth N, deHart, M Patricia, Englund, Janet A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Children
Complications
Confidence intervals
Demographics
Electronic medical records
Female
Gestation
Gestational Age
Health care facilities
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A
Humans
Immunization
Immunization Schedule
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infants
Influenza
Information systems
Male
Newborn babies
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Pediatrics
Premature babies
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Risk groups
Rotavirus
Vaccination - statistics & numerical data
Vaccines
Washington
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Zusammenfassung:Preterm infants are at increased risk for vaccine-preventable infections and associated complications. Limited studies describe timely vaccination of these vulnerable infants. This retrospective cohort study included Washington State infants with birth hospitalizations at an urban academic medical center between 2008 and 2013. Demographic, clinical, and visit data from electronic health records were linked to vaccine data from the Washington State Immunization Information System. Completion of the recommended 7-vaccine series by 19 months of age was compared between preterm infants (born at
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2018-3520