Immunization safety review : vaccinations and sudden unexpected death in infancy / Kathleen Stratton ... [et al.], editors ; Immunization Safety Review Committee, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stratton, Kathleen R.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Immunization Safety Review Committee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immunization.

Sudden infant death syndrome.

Vaccination of children--Complication.

Vaccination of children.

Vaccines--Health aspects.

Vaccines.

Vaccines--Toxicology.

Human beings.

Humans.

Sudden Infant Death.

Vaccines--adverse effects.

Vaccination--adverse effects.

Infant.

Medical Subjects:

Humans.

Sudden Infant Death.

Vaccines--adverse effects.

Vaccination--adverse effects.

Infant.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Vaccinations and sudden unexpected death in infancy

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy""; ""THE CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE""; ""THE STUDY PROCESS""; ""THE FRAMEWORK FOR SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT""; ""UNDER REVIEW: VACCINATIONS AND SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN INFANCY""; ""SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT""; ""SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Appendix A Committee Recommendations and Conclusions from Previous Reports""

""Appendix B Public Meeting Agenda October 28, 2002""""Appendix C Chronology of Important Events Regarding Vaccine Safety""; ""Appendix D Acronyms""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Immunization safety review.

ISBN:

9786610179930

9780309168311

0309168317

9781280179938

1280179937

9780309523172

0309523176

OCLC:

923259663