PEDIATRIC VACCINATIONS

QUESTION # 01

Vaccine that contains components of the organism is:

A. Tetanus

B. Diptheria

C. Acellular pertussis

D. Hepatitis B vaccine

E. Subunit influenza vaccine

QUESTION # 02

Vaccine that needs least number of booster doses is:

A. MMR

B. Hepatitis B

C. DTaP

D. Hib

E. IPV

QUESTION # 03

The contraindication to give DTaP vaccine is:

A. Family history seizures

B. Cerebral palsy

C. Family history SIDS

D. Family history of an adverse events after DTP or DTaP administration.

E. Encephalopathy within 7 days of administration of previous dose of DTP or DTaP.

QUESTION # 04

The following conditions are not contraindications to DTaP vaccinations except:

A. Temperature of less than 40.5°C, fussiness or mild drowsiness after a previous dose of DTP or DTaP.

B. Well-controlled convulsion

C. Developmental delay

D. Progressive encephalopathy

E. Family history of SIDS

QUESTION # 05

A child has meningococcal meningitis. 

Prophylaxis should not be given to the following category:

A. All medical personnel in that unit.

B. Household members.

C. Daycare and nursery school contacts.

D. Persons who had contact with patient’s oral secretions during the 7 days before the onset of illness.

E. Physician who intubated the child.

QUESTION # 06

A child has meningococcal meningitis. One of the sibling developed fever without UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION symptoms. 

The following statement is true about management of the sibling:

A. Sibling should receive acetaminophen therapy for fever.

B. Reassurance.

C. Sibling should be evaluated in the clinic next day.

D. Sibling should receive ibuprofen therapy for fever.

E. Meningococcal meningitis should be ruled out.

QUESTION # 07

The following statement is not true about the prophylaxis of meningococcal disease:

A. Penicillin therapy eradicates nasopharyngeal carrier.

B. Ciprofloxacin (500 mg orally as a single dose) can be used in person 18 years of age or older.

C. Ceftriaxone (125 mg in a single dose IM for children less than 12 years of age and 250 mg in a single dose IM for adolescents 12 years or older) can be used.

D. Rifampin (10 mg/kg orally every 12 hours for a total of four doses, maximum dose 600 mg and 5 mg/kg/dose for infants less than 1 month of age) is used.

E. Hospitalized patients should be isolated for droplet precautions for 24 hours after the onset of therapy.

QUESTION # 08

The following is a live virus vaccine:

A. Mumps

B. DTP

C. Pneumococcal

D. Hepatitis

E. Meningococcal

ANSWERS ON MONDAY DATED 31/12/2018