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PEDIATRICS Vol. 112 No. 1 July 2003, pp. 191-192

POLICY STATEMENT

Controversies Concerning Vitamin K and the Newborn

Committee on Fetus and Newborn

Prevention of early vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) of the newborn, with onset at birth to 2 weeks of age (formerly known as classic hemorrhagic disease of the newborn), by oral or parenteral administration of vitamin K is accepted practice. In contrast, late VKDB, with onset from 2 to 12 weeks of age, is most effectively prevented by parenteral administration of vitamin K. Earlier concern regarding a possible causal association between parenteral vitamin K and childhood cancer has not been substantiated. This revised statement presents updated recommendations for the use of vitamin K in the prevention of early and late VKDB.

Abbreviations: VKDB, vitamin K deficiency bleeding


Statement of reaffirmation:

AAP Publications Reaffirmed, May 2006

Pediatrics 118: 1266-1266. [Full Text]

The following policy statement has been revised:

Controversies Concerning Vitamin K and the Newborn

Pediatrics 91: 1001-1002.



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