Vaccine Science and Immunization Guideline A Practical Guide for Pri
This book is a comprehensive resource on vaccines and immunizations for primary care physicians, advanced practice providers, and trainees. We are now seeing a rise in measles and the potential for rises in other previously rare infectious dise
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Vaccine Science and Immunization Guideline
Pamela G. Rockwell Editor
Vaccine Science and Immunization Guideline A Practical Guide for Primary Care
Editor Pamela G. Rockwell, DO Department of Family Medicine University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-60470-1 ISBN 978-3-319-60471-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-60471-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943961 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
Memories from Medical School It was 1989. I was in my fourth year of medical school, taking care of a patient in Riverside Hospital’s 6-bed ICU. Riverside was a small community hospital in Trenton, Michigan, a mostly blue-collar Detroit suburb bordering the Detroit River, surrounded by steel mills and car manufacturing plants. Practicing medicine was different then. There was less technology to aid disease diagnosis and there were fewer treatment options available. Evidence-based medicine was not yet a familiar term in medical education. Hospital computers were not common, electronic medical records were an innovation not yet materialized, and paper charts and books in print served as records and resources. Smoking was allowed in patient rooms which were equipped with hospital-supplied ashtrays on bedside stands. Pseudomonas was an infection commonly encountered on the wards and its new-mown hay smell tipped off medical staff to its existence before confirmatory cultures were complete. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) routinely recommended only four vaccines for children and one for adolescents. However, the practic
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