Who Vitamin K Injection?
In Newborns, Vitamin K Injections Can Prevent a Now Rare, but Potentially Fatal, Bleeding Disorder Called 'Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding' (Vkdb), Also Known as...
In newborns, vitamin K injections can prevent a now rare, but potentially fatal, bleeding disorder called 'vitamin K deficiency bleeding' (VKDB), also known as 'haemorrhagic disease of the newborn' (HDN). Babies can be given the injection in hospital after they're born.
Can vitamin K be injected?
Vitamin K should be injected into a muscle or vein only when it cannot be given by injection under the skin or taken by mouth, or when your doctor has judged that the benefit is greater than the risk.
Can I refuse the vitamin K shot?
Even when emergency medical care is timely, the severity of the bleeding may cause permanent impairment, especially considering about half of infants with VKDB bleed into their brains. VKDB is preventable by administering the vitamin K injection and refusing the shot increases VKDB risk 81-fold.
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