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Exclusively breastmilk‐fed preterm infants are at high risk of developing subclinical vitamin K deficiency despite intramuscular prophylaxis at birth

BACKGROUND: There is near‐global consensus that all newborns be given parenteral vitamin K(1) (VK(1)) at birth as prophylaxis against VK deficiency bleeding (VKDB). Breastmilk has a low VK content and cases of late VKDB are reported in exclusively breastmilk‐fed preterm infants despite VK prophylaxi...

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Autores principales: Clarke, Paul, Shearer, Martin J., Card, David J., Nichols, Amy, Ponnusamy, Vennila, Mahaveer, Ajit, Voong, Kieran, Dockery, Karen, Holland, Nicky, Mulla, Shaveta, Hall, Lindsay J., Maassen, Cecile, Lux, Petra, Schurgers, Leon J., Harrington, Dominic J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9828794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36087073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jth.15874