Vitamin K for Babies

Vitamin K helps the blood to clot and prevents serious bleeding. In newborns, Vitamin K injections can prevent a now rare, but often fatal, bleeding disorder called Haemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn (HDN).

You'll find information on Vitamin K for newborns in the National Health and Medical Research Council's Vitamin K for newborn babies: information for parents [National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)]

Reviewed May 2008

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Title:   Vitamin K
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Vitamin K is needed by humans to cause blood to clot. Without vitamin K small cuts can go on bleeding for a long time, small injuries can cause a lot of bruising, and bleeding can occur in many parts of the body.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Vitamin K and newborn babies
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Vitamin K is needed for blood clotting. Babies are born with very small amounts of vitamin K in their bodies. This means they are at risk of haemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN). As a preventive measure, babies are routinely given vitamin K injections at birth.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Vitamin K for newborn babies: information for parents
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   This document provides straight forward information and advice on the importance of all newborn babies to receiving vitamin K. It outlines the options for the route of administration of vitamin K and advises whom parents should contact if they require additional information and guidance.
Title:   Joint statement and recommendations on Vitamin K administration to newborn infants to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   This report discusses prophylaxis of Vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy.
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Injections for newborn babies - why they're important
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   A guide to two injections given to newborn babies in hospital. These are an injection of vitamin K to help prevent a serious disorder called Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding, and an injection to immunise the baby against hepatitis B.
Date:   Jun 2002
Title:   Vitamin K prior to preterm birth for preventing neonatal periventricular haemorrhage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Babies born very early are at risk of brain haemorrhage (periventricular haemorrhage). This can be a sign of brain damage that might lead to neurological disability including cerebral palsy. Vitamin K may help the blood to clot in preterm babies and s...
Date:   Nov 2000
Title:   Joint statement and recommendations on vitamin K administration to newborn infants to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   The National Health and Medical Research Council has issued new guidelines following Roche Australia's decision to alter the vitamin K preparation Konakion to a new formulation called Konakion MM Paediatric. The new product is manufactured in a different concentration and is dissolved in more natural fluid that assists absorption.
Date:   Oct 2000
Title:   Prophylactic vitamin K for vitamin K deficiency bleeding in neonates
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Vitamin K helps the blood to clot but the body's capacity to store it is very low. Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN) is caused by a deficiency of Vitamin K in newborns and results in life-threatening bleeding in an infant in the first hours to m...
Date:   Aug 2000
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