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J Pediatr
; 154(5): 769-71, 2009 May.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19364563
RESUMO
In Texas, apprentice midwives do not have prescriptive authority to administer parenteral vitamin K. This case report underscores the importance of parenteral vitamin K administration in preventing vitamin K deficiency bleeding and the potential danger in prohibiting apprentice midwives from providing this standard of care to the newborn.