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When to start giving Influenza annually?

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DrVirgo
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07/11/07 - 08:15 AM

When should the Influenza Vaccination be started annually?
Kap says at 50 years old
UW says at 65, but the cut off is being reduced to 55.

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07/11/07 - 09:17 AM

its 65 years in normal individual, or whenever needed d t a medical cause

just follow this link CDC recommend

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00025228...

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07/17/07 - 01:41 PM

Thanks, that was a lot of useful info.

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07/17/07 - 05:07 PM

65+ or high risk patients

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07/17/07 - 06:04 PM

What about the pediatric population?
Yearly? Until what age?

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07/18/07 - 03:42 AM

DrVirgo wrote:
What about the pediatric population?
Yearly? Until what age?

for this part i'm very confuse as CDC doesn't recommend giving Influenza to child or adults unless ofcourse there is a reason for this, on the other hand, 1st Aid & kaplan say u should give it but didn't say when to stop??

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08/17/07 - 01:12 PM

CDC recommended that the following groups receive priority for inactivated influenza vaccine:

Persons older than 65 years, with or without comorbid conditions

Residents of long-term•care facilities

Persons aged 2-64 years with comorbid conditions

Children aged 6-23 months

Pregnant women

Health care providers who provide direct patient care

Household contacts and out-of-home caregivers of children younger than 6 months

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09/16/07 - 08:27 AM

>50 y/o or older
>Chronic disease (DM, heart, lung)
>Resident of nursing home
>On long term ASA
>Pregnancy (must be more than 3 months)

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11/12/07 - 05:27 AM

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01/09/08 - 06:50 PM

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starcraftbw wrote:
>50 y/o or older
>Chronic disease (DM, heart, lung)
>Resident of nursing home
>On long term ASA
>Pregnancy (must be more than 3 months)

Agree with this post

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