A snapshot on current practices and recent trends on vitamin K prophylaxis in term neonates in Flanders

A survey on vitamin K prophylaxis for term newborns with responses from 56/59 Flemish maternities and 17/30 midwifery units that do home deliveries unveiled relevant variability. About 50% of maternities use the intramuscular (1-2 mg), about 50% the oral (1-2 mg) route, with 5 different maintenance doses in breastfed infants. Nine/13 recently (<5 years) changed regimens were a switch from oral to intramuscular. Midwifery units only use oral vitamin K, with 6 different regimens. Both paediatricians and midwives reported personal experience with parental refusal of intramuscular (20/54 and 13/15) or any prophylaxis (11/54 and 16/16) respectively.

Publication year:2022

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