Effect of oral vitamin K prophylaxis on prothrombine time and activated partial thromboplastin time: a randomized controlled comparison with an intramuscular vitamin K in infants
Background Low plasma concentration of vitamin K in the newborn accounts for serious bleeding in the neonatal period and early infancy. The aim of prophylactic vitamin K is to prevent bleeding. Oral prophylaxis is preferable to intramuscular (IM) administration because oral administration is less ex...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House
2007-07-01
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| Series: | Paediatrica Indonesiana |
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| Online Access: | https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/355 |