Maximum hospital admission of infants<6 months is due to influenza. According to the results of a population-based surveillance study Influenza vaccination during pregnancy not only protects the mother, but also protects the baby in the early months of life.

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The study goal was to evaluate the association of maternal vaccination during pregnancy with risk for laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalizations in infants younger than 6 months.
The study authors said, “Given that infants <6 months of age have the highest hospitalization rate among all children and that the vaccine is not licensed for that age group, these data support that infants born to vaccinated mothers benefit from the transfer of maternally derived antibodies.”

An associate professor of pediatrics at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said in a news release, “It is recommended that all pregnant women receive the influenza vaccine during pregnancy because it is known that pregnant women have increased morbidity and mortality during pregnancy and in the immediate postpartum period if they get the flu.”

Pediatricians have been vaccinating children for a long time, but vaccine recommendations for OB/GYNs have changed over the last decade, so everyone has to learn new recommendations and adjust. This is a relatively new activity for OB/GYNs.”

Reference: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/745693?src=mpnews&spon=34