Perinatal influences on the uptake of newborn Vitamin K prophylaxis – a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Objectives: To describe rates of newborn vitamin K prophylaxis uptake according to method of administration (intramuscular [IM], oral, refused) and identify predictors for the choice of oral administration and for refusal of vitamin K prophylaxis. Methods: A retrospective cohort study exami...

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Main Authors: Malihah Burke, Helen Bernhardt, David M. Reith, David Barker, Roland S. Broadbent, Benjamin J. Wheeler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-12-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12399