Vaccination in pregnant and postpartum women

Key points

• Alert gynecologists and obstetricians about the importance of vaccinating pregnant and postpartum women;

• Address immunological changes in pregnancy and the puerperal period and susceptibility to infections;

• Highlight the maternal and fetal advantages of vaccination during pregnancy and lactation and offer tools that help obstetricians to convince their patients to adhere to vaccination;

• Describe the vaccines routinely recommended during pregnancy and puerperal period;

• Address vaccines given sporadically during pregnancy and puerperal period;

• Alert about contraindicated vaccines during pregnancy and inform risks of inadvertent use;

• Address future perspectives on the vaccination of pregnant women.

The National Specialty Commission for Vaccines of the Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Associations (FEBRASGO) endorses to this document. The content production is based on scientific studies on a thematic proposal and the findings presented contribute to clinical practice.

Publikationsverlauf

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
21. Dezember 2020

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