Vitamin K deficiency bleeding in an apparently healthy newborn infant: the compelling need for evidence-based recommendation
Abstract Background Vitamin K is a key point for guarantee normal blood clotting and its level in newborns is commonly low, so a supplementation after delivery is mandatory. Vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns is still an open field of debate: many types of protocol have been proposed in different yea...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Pediatrics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13052-019-0625-y |