RT Book, Section
A1 Rao, Suchitra
A2 Hay, Jr., William W.
A2 Levin, Myron J.
A2 Deterding, Robin R.
A2 Abzug, Mark J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1153318556
T1 Travel Medicine
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatrics, 24e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259862908
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1153318556
RD 2021/01/19
AB Twenty-seven  million  people  from  the  United  States  travel  internationally  per  year;  one-third  of  them  travel  to  developing  nations.  Fifty  to  seventy  percent  of  travelers  become  ill  during  their  travel  overseas.  The  number  of  children  traveling  with  families  continues  to  increase.  Children  who  travel  are  especially  susceptible  to  infectious  diseases,  trauma,  and  other  health  problems,  which  vary  with  the  destination.  Preparation  for  travel  with  children  and  infants  includes  consideration  of  the  destination-specific  risks,  underlying  medical  problems,  and  administration  of  both  routine  and  travel-related  vaccines.  The  physician  involved  in  pre-travel  counseling  should  focus  on  the  issues  listed  in  Table  45–1.