Why the study?
Does intramuscular or oral vitamin K prophylaxis prevent vitamin K deficiency and hemorrhagic disease in newborn infants?
Population
Lactating mothers and their newborn infants
Design
Review
Authors
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Reaffirms need for newborn vitamin K prophylaxis; leaves open optimal regimens in contemporary breastfed cohorts.
Does intramuscular or oral vitamin K prophylaxis prevent vitamin K deficiency and hemorrhagic disease in newborn infants?
Reiterates the importance of routine vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns to prevent hemorrhagic disease, particularly in breastfed infants.
F. R. Greer (1999) studied this question.
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