Pediatric Board Immunizations/prevention

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Know the immunization schedules for children
postnatal age as full-term infants

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immunization

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Know that preterm infants should be immunized at the same

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immunization

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Understand the elements that constitute adequate immunization before
a child enters school

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immunization

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Know the schedules of DTaP immunization Know that if a child misses a DTaP dose, the interval can
be ignored and the schedule can proceed

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immunization

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Know the immunization schedule for hepatitis B vaccine

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immunization

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Know the indications for using the influenza vaccine

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immunization

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Know the indications for using the pneumococcal vaccines

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immunization

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Know the indications for using the tetanus vaccine (eg, need for
routine booster and at the time of injury)

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immunization

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Know the immunization schedule for the poliovirus vaccine

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immunization

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Know the immunization schedule for H. influenzae type b vaccine

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immunization

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Know how to obtain information on imunizations for patients and families traveling abroad

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immunization

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immunizationschedule for varicella vaccine

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immunization

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Know the immunization schedule for hepatitis A vaccine

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immunization

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Know the indications for using the meningococcal vaccine

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immunization

Front 15

Know the problems associated with children adopted from foreign
countries and their immunization status

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immunization

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Understand which immune-deficient patients should not receive a live-virus vaccine

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Contraindications

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Plan an immunization schedule for an immune-
deficient patient

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Contraindications immunodeficient patient

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Catch up
Plan an immunization schedule for a patient born
three months prematurely

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Catch-up

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Live vs killed vaccine
Know which vaccines are live and which are killed

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Live vs killed vaccines

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Egg allergy
Understand that not all egg-based vaccines are contraindicated for
children after an anaphylactic reaction to eggs

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Contraindications
children after an anaphylactic reaction to eggs

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Know when it is appropriate to administer measles vaccine to a
patient with egg allergy

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Contraindications
administer measles vaccine

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Know when it is appropriate to administer influenza vaccine to a patient with an egg allergy

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Contraindications
administer influenza vaccine

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Know when to screen for elevated blood pressure

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Screening Blood pressure

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Recognize blood pressure ranges at different ages:
newborn infant, 1-year-old child, 5-year-old child,
adolescent

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Screening Blood pressure

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Know that a single elevated blood pressure
reading requires follow-up evaluation

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Screening Blood pressure

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Understand the concept of physiologic anemia

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Hematocrit

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Know that there may be a difference between a centrally
and a peripherally drawn

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Hematocrit

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Know the screening tests available for blood lead concentration

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Lead

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Understand that a screening examination for lead can be incorporated
into early periodic screening

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Lead

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Recognize that children may have multiple nondietary
sources of exposure to lead

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Lead

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Understand that lead poisoning may be a cause of
cognitive difficulty

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Lead

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Know the effects of chronic low blood lead concentrations

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Lead

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Know how to manage an increased blood lead concentration

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Lead

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Understand that conductive hearing loss results from
interference with the mechanical transmission of sound
in the inner ear

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Hearing

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Know the natural history of conductive hearing loss

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Hearing

Front 36

Understand that brain stem evoked response audiometry
involves electroencephalographic response to auditory
stimulus

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Hearing

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Know the visual abilities of normal newborn infants

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Vision

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Know which conditions may be detected by periodic
ophthalmoscopic examinations (eg, cataracts, retrolental
fibroplasia, retinoblastoma)

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Vision

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Know how to identify ocular tropias and phorias using a
cover test

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Vision

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Know how to evaluate hypercholesterolemia/hyperlipidemia and its
clinical manifestations

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Hypercholesterolemia/hyperlipidemia

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Know the risk factors for hypercholesterolemia/hyperlipidemia

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Hypercholesterolemia/hyperlipidemia

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Know the risk factors associated with coronary artery disease

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Disease prevention
1. Heart disease

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Know how diet and exercise affect the natural history of osteoporosis

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Disease prevention
2. Osteoporosis

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Know that passive exposure to cigarette smoke in the home increases
the chances, frequency, and duration of lower respiratory tract
illness in children

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Disease prevention
Respiratory disease

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Know that common indoor exposures can produce respiratory symptoms:
wood fires and stoves, cooking spray, hair spray, animal dander,
cigarette smoke

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Disease prevention
Respiratory disease