Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy - Couverture souple

Institute Of Medicine; Board On Health Promotion And Disease Prevention; Immunization Safety Review Committee

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ISBN 10 : 0309088860 ISBN 13 : 9780309088862

Editeur : National Academies Press, 2003

Synopsis

With current recommendations calling for infants to receive multiple doses of vaccines during their first year of life and with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) the most frequent cause of death during the postneonatal period, it is important to respond to concerns that vaccination might play a role in sudden unexpected infant death.

The committee reviewed epidemiologic evidence focusing on three outcomes: SIDS, all SUDI (sudden unexpected death in infancy), and neonatal death (infant death, whether sudden or not, during the first 4 weeks of life). Based on this review, the committee concluded that the evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between some vaccines and SIDS; and that the evidence is inadequate to accept or reject a causal relationship between other vaccines and SIDS, SUDI, or neonatal death. The evidence regarding biological mechanisms is essentially theoretical, reflecting in large measure the lack of knowledge concerning the pathogenesis of SIDS.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kathleen Stratton, Donna A. Almario, Theresa M. Wizemann, and Marie C. McCormick, Editors, Immunization Safety Review Committee

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Academies Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0309088860
• ISBN 13: 9780309088862
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 118
• Éditeur: McCormick Marie C., Wizemann Theresa M., Almario Donna A., Stratton Kathleen
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