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Various infections from which children suffer are reviewed with emphasis on procedures these children regularly undergo such as diagnostic bronchoscopies and imaging studies. Specific infectious diseases reviewed include HIV with mention of the treatments and the effects these have on children’s physiology, meningococcal septicemia, selected congenital infections, and varicella.
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The authors review the immunization schedule for children in Australia and the common infections affecting children. Incubation and infectious periods for measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, varicella, and other common infections are listed. In addition, management issues of infected children in the perioperative period such as isolation and equipment disinfection are reviewed.
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Mancuso, T.J. (2021). Infectious Diseases. In: Pediatric Anesthesiology Review. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60656-5_44
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