Vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns

BMC Pediatrics

Table 1 Key questions for vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns

	Key question 1	Key question 2	Key question 3
Participants	Neonates
Intervention	Vitamin K supplement	Oral vitamin K supplement	Multiple doses of vitamin K supplement
Comparison	Placebo or no vitamin K supplement	Parenteral vitamin K supplement	Single dose of vitamin K
Outcome	HDN or VKDB
Adverse effects	Any adverse effect

Abbreviations: HDN Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn, VKDB vitamin K deficiency bleeding

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