Perinatal influences on the uptake of newborn Vitamin K prophylaxis - a retrospective cohort study.
CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals several important and novel associations with mode of administration of newborn vitamin K prophylaxis. IM vitamin K uptake was also lower than international data, largely due to increased oral uptake.
IMPLICATIONS: Uptake of vitamin K is associated with ethnicity and also factors in the infant that might imply a perceived protection against vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Further investigation is required for a fuller understanding of the motivations for choosing differing routes of vitamin K administration in newborns, with particular emphasis on factors influencing parental choice.
PMID: 26123282 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Burke M, Bernhardt H, Reith DM, Barker D, Broadbent RS, Wheeler BJ Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research
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