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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |