Ireland lacks consensus on neonatal vitamin K prophylaxis
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Neonatal Prophylaxis: Prevention of Vitamin K Deficiency Haemorrhage and Neonatal Ophthalmia
INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to explore two aspects of neonatal prophylaxis: the application of the vitamin K injection to the newborns and the prophylaxis against chlamydial and gonococcal eye infections, comparing Slovenian and Croatian practices. METHODS A causal non-experimental method of quantitative empirical approach was used. The data was collected by means of predesigned que...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7320.1068