Preparing adult patients for international travel.
More than 50 million Americans engage in international travel annually. Travel to developing countries can expose patients to a myriad of infectious diseases. Primary care clinicians can provide counseling, immunizations, and drugs to keep patients healthy while traveling. This article reviews risk assessment and required and recommended immunizations. Patients can greatly reduce their risk for travel-acquired illness by updating immunizations, taking prophylactic drugs, and observing recommended health behaviors.
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Travel Medicine Department and Fast Track Emergency Department, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, N.J., USA.
D000328:Adult; D003906:Developing Countries; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014195:Travel