Safety of DTaP-based combined immunization in very-low-birth-weight premature infants: Frequent but mostly benign cardiorespiratory events

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-66

  Pfister, Riccardo E ^a   Aeschbach, Virginie ^a   Niksic Stuber, Viviane ^a   Martin, Blaise C ^a   Siegrist, Claire Anne ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; CPAP; Diphtheria tetanus acellular pertussis inactivated polio Haemophilus influenzae type B; Diphtheria tetanus acellular pertussis; Diphtheria tetanus whole cell pertussis; DtaP; DTaP IPV HIB; DTwP; GA; Gestational age

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PARACETAMOL;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; APNEA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRADYCARDIA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VOMITING;

APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; OXYGEN; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 3242687209     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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