Articles About Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding

The following is a selection of published articles on Vitamin K  from both CDC and non-CDC authors.

Vitamin K and the Newborn Infant | Pediatrics | American Academy of Pediatrics (aap.org)
Hand I, Noble L, Abrams SA; AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn, Section on Breastfeeding, Committee on Nutrition. Vitamin K and the Newborn Infant. Pediatrics. 2022;149(3):e2021056036
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Vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns | BMC Pediatrics | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)
Jullien, S. Vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns. BMC Pediatr 21 (Suppl 1), 350 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02701-4
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Refusal of Intramuscular Vitamin K by Parents of Newborns: A Review – PMC (nih.gov)
Loyal J, Shapiro ED. Refusal of Intramuscular Vitamin K by Parents of Newborns: A Review. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 Mar;10(3):286-294. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2019-0228. Epub 2020 Feb 4. PMID: 32019806; PMCID: PMC7041551.
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Notes from the field: late vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infants whose parents declined vitamin K prophylaxis – Tennessee, 2013
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 November 15; 62(45): 901-902.
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CDC Newsroom Press Release – Thursday, November 14, 2013; CDC finds cluster of newborns in Tennessee with bleeding disorder
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Closing the Loophole:  Midwives and the administration of Vitamin K in neonates
J Pediatr; May 2009; 154(5):769-71.
Adame N, Carpenter SL.
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Vitamin K and childhood cancer: a report from the United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study
Br J Cancer; October  2003; 89(7): 1228–1231.
Fear NT, Roman E, Ansell P, Simpson J, Day N, Eden OB on behalf of the United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study Investigators.
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Prevention of vitamin K deficiency bleeding in newborns
Br J Haematol; March 1999; 104(3): 430-7.
Zipursky A.
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