tommyk
04-09-2006, 04:47 AM
Hy 2115
16-year-old girl with an incomplete vaccination record received one dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine during a doctor's visit. One month later, she learns that she is 9 weeks pregnant, and she is concerned about potential birth defects resulting from the MMR vaccine. Which of the following most closely approximates the risk of birth defects secondary to MMR vaccine exposure during the first trimester? :confused:
1-less than 1%
2-about 5%
3-about 10%
4-about 50%
5-about 75%
6-over 80% in some cases.
(Think again, the answer may surprise you)
a) #1 There are few to NO reported cases of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) caused by exposure to the rubella vaccine during pregnancy. Among 226 pregnant women known to have received the rubella vaccine from 1971 to 1986, none of the infants developed any congenital malformation that is compatible to or similar to CRS.It is recommended, however, that women of childbearing age should receive the rubella vaccine only if they state that they are not pregnant and that they have been counseled not to become pregnant for 3 months. We must exercise COMPLETE precaution. :)
16-year-old girl with an incomplete vaccination record received one dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine during a doctor's visit. One month later, she learns that she is 9 weeks pregnant, and she is concerned about potential birth defects resulting from the MMR vaccine. Which of the following most closely approximates the risk of birth defects secondary to MMR vaccine exposure during the first trimester? :confused:
1-less than 1%
2-about 5%
3-about 10%
4-about 50%
5-about 75%
6-over 80% in some cases.
(Think again, the answer may surprise you)
a) #1 There are few to NO reported cases of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) caused by exposure to the rubella vaccine during pregnancy. Among 226 pregnant women known to have received the rubella vaccine from 1971 to 1986, none of the infants developed any congenital malformation that is compatible to or similar to CRS.It is recommended, however, that women of childbearing age should receive the rubella vaccine only if they state that they are not pregnant and that they have been counseled not to become pregnant for 3 months. We must exercise COMPLETE precaution. :)