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- Routine vaccination is essential for pediatrics, but it's also important for adults, especially women seeking medical care, who should have their immunizations reviewed and updated.
- This article addresses concerns regarding vaccinations for pregnant women by discussing their unique immunological changes and the purpose of immunization during pregnancy.
- It also highlights the indications, contraindications, and risks associated with vaccines in the Portuguese National Vaccine Plan and mentions the significance of vaccination against seasonal influenza and H1N1 during the 2009 pandemic.
Article Abstract
Routine vaccination is part of the pediatrics universe. In adulthood and particularly when women voluntarily access to medical care, immunization should be reviewed and updated. There are many doubts that generate in all health professionals anxiety and concern about the vaccination of a pregnant woman. This article aims to describe the immunological changes in pregnant women, to clarify the purpose of immunization during pregnancy, and to enumerate indications, contraindications and risks of vaccines of the Portuguese National Vaccine Plane and other vaccines against diseases with prevalence in other countries. Due to the medical and social impact of vaccination against seasonal influenza and influenza A (H1N1) in the winter of 2009, during an influenza (H1N1) pandemic flu, we make reference to the indications and vaccination against these infections in pregnancy.
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