There are no randomized trials comparing the oral and intramuscular route of administration of prophylactic vitamin K in newborns. From older trials and surveillance data, it seems that there is no significant difference between the intramuscular and the oral regimens for preventing classical and late ...
Vitamin K for Newbornsdoi:10.1111/jmwh.12550NoneJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Journal of Midwifery & Womens Health
Vitamin K nutrition, metabolism, and requirements: current concepts and future research. There is universal consensus for the need for vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns, but the effectiveness of any vitamin K prophylactic regimen needs to be ... MJ Shearer,X Fu,SL Booth - 《Advances in Nutritio...
Vitamin K1 Injection (Phytonadione Injectable Emulsion, USP) Summary of Dosage Guidelines (See circular text for details) Newborns Dosage Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn Prophylaxis 0.5 to 1 mg IM within 1 hour of birth Treatment 1 mg SC or IM (Higher doses may be necessary if th...
An eye disease in newborns called retinopathy of prematurity. Taking vitamin E by mouth seems to be effective for treating an eye disease causeretinopathyof prematurity in newborns. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Vitamin E taken along with standard treatment is better than standard treatment alone for ...
What is the history of giving Vitamin K to newborns? In 1894, a Boston physician named Dr. Townsend described 50 cases of bleeding in newborns. He called these cases “Haemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn (HDN).” Dr. Townsend was the first person to figure out that there was a connection...
Newborns have a higher chance of having vitamin K deficiency because of low transfer from the placenta and breast milk. Vitamin K is available in multivitamins, single-nutrient supplements, injections, and drops. You can also get it through various foods. Although the side effects of vitamin K ...
Vitamin K shots for Babies In some countries, such as the UK, the parents of all babies are offered a shot of Vitamin K for their baby soon after birth. This is because newborns are born with low levels of vitamin K, and their intestines do not yet produce enough vitamin K-producing ...
No toxicity or side effects were seen. Vitamin K deficiency is a known cause of bleeding disorders, particularly fatal and handicapping intracranial hemorrhage in newborns, in developing countries where injections cannot be given by midwives. These inexpensive oral pediatric drops may provide a ...
Objective: To study Vitamin K nutrition status Vitamin K status in pregnant women and their newborns in high incidence area of late Vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Methods: Serum PIVKA-Ⅱ were measured by ELlSA basing on the PIVKA-Ⅱ monoclonal antibody in 76 cases of healthy pregnant women and...