Tags: ‘Opthalmological’

Premature Infants

Adverse events following vaccination in premature infants. “Apparent adverse events were noted in 17 of 45 (37.8%) babies: 9 (20%) had major events, i.e. apnoea, bradycardia or desaturations, and 8 (17.8%) had minor events, i.e. increased oxygen requirements, temperature instability, poor handling and feed intolerance. Babies with major events were significantly younger (p < 0.05), […]

Ophthalmological

Ampiginous choroiditis following quadrivalent human papilloma virus vaccine “A 17-year-old female was referred for new-onset vision loss in both eyes 3 weeks after being vaccinated with the quadrivalent HPV vaccine. A standard dose of 0.5 ml was injected intramuscularly into the left deltoid without any resulting skin reaction. Her medical history was significant for depression […]

BCG

The Adverse Events, Signs, and Management of Neonatal Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccine Overdose. “A two-day-old male neonate was inadvertently immunized with 20-times the recommended dose of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine (1.0 ml instead of 0.05 ml).” #Error #BCG #Vaccine #MedScienceResearch https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27403247/ — Adverse reactions to BCG. “In the post-war period the following BCG vaccines were successively […]