This book provides clinicians and their staff with essential information on the vaccines that are recommended and not recommended for their patients, the diseases these vaccines prevent, and a broad range of potential vaccine safety issues that may be brought up by their patients.

SECTION I: Introduction.- Introduction.- How to Talk with Patients About Vaccines.- Monitoring Vaccine Safety.- Vaccines and Pregnancy .- Vaccines and Breastfeeding.- SECTION II: Vaccine and Vaccine-Preventable Disease Information Summaries.- Vaccine and Vaccine-Preventable Disease Information Summaries.- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib).- Hepatitis A.- Hepatitis B.- Human Papillomavirus (HPV).- Influenza.- Measles, Mumps and Rubella.- Meningococcal.- Pneumococcal.- Polio.- Rotavirus.- Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis.- Varicella and Herpes Zoster.- SECTION III: Potential Adverse Events Following Immunization.- Potential Adverse Events Following Immunization: Summaries of the Evidence.- Do Combination Vaccines or Simultaneous Vaccination Increase the Risk of Adverse Events?.- Do Vaccine Ingredients Cause Adverse Events?.- Do Vaccines Cause Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)?.- Do Vaccines Cause Arthralgia or Arthritis?.- Do Vaccines Cause Asthma?.- Do Vaccines Cause Ataxia?.- Do Vaccines Cause Autism?.- Do Vaccines Cause Bell's Palsy?.- Do Vaccines Cause Brachial Neuritis?.- Do Vaccines Cause Chronic Inflammatory Disseminated Polyneuropathy?.- Do Vaccines Cause Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?.- Do Vaccines Cause Deltoid Bursitis?.- Do Vaccines Cause Diabetes?.- Do Vaccines Cause Disseminated Varicella Infection?.- Do Vaccines Cause Erythema Nodosum?.- Do Vaccines Cause Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?.- Do Vaccines Cause Guillain-Barré Syndrome?.- Do Vaccines Cause Hearing Loss?.- Do Vaccines Cause Hepatitis?.- Do Vaccines Cause Herpes Zoster?.- Do Vaccines Cause Hypersensitivity Reactions (e.g. anaphylaxis, hives)?.- Do Vaccines Cause Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura?.- Do Vaccines Cause Meningitis or Encephalitis/Encephalopathy?.- Do Vaccines Cause Multiple Sclerosis?.- Do Vaccines Cause Myocardial Infarction or Stroke?.- Do Vaccines Cause Myocarditis or Myocardopathy/Cardiomyopathy?.- Do Vaccines Cause Narcolepsy?.- Do Vaccines Cause Oculorespiratory Syndrome?.- Do Vaccines Cause Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome?.- Do Vaccines Cause Optic Neuritis or Neuromyelitis Optica?.- Do Vaccines Cause Primary Ovarian Insufficiency?.- Do Vaccines Cause Seizures?.- Do Vaccines Cause Serum Sickness?.- Do Vaccines Cause Small Fiber Neuropathy?.- Do Vaccines Cause Spontaneous Abortion?.- Do Vaccines Cause Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)?.- Do Vaccines Cause Syncope?.- Do Vaccines Cause Systemic Lupus Erythematosus?.- Do Vaccines Cause Transverse Myelitis?.- Do Vaccines Cause Vasculitis or Polyarteritis Nodosa?