Thrombotest values and effect of vitamin K administration for infants.

Thrombotest values and effect of vitamin K administration for infants.

Vitamin K and Thrombotest values in full term infants.

The vitamin K dependent clotting factors were measured by the 'Thrombotest' on the second day of life in 72 healthy full term babies, half of whom had received vitamin K at birth. Forty eight of these were breast fed, and those not given vitamin K had significantly lower Thrombotest values than those who had received vitamin K. By contrast, administration of vitamin K did not affect the Thrombo...

Thrombotest Values in Low Birthweight Infants

Appleyard, W. J., and Cottom, D. G. (1970). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 45, 705. Effect of asphyxia on thrombotest values in low birthweight infants. Thrombotest was used as a measure of coagulation status in 55 low birthweight infants. The initial levels were similar in both babies who were asphyxiated at birth and in those who had uncomplicated deliveries. On the other hand, 24 hours af...

Administration of vitamin K to newborn infants and childhood cancer.

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether childhood cancer is associated with intramuscular administration of vitamin K to newborn infants. DESIGN Routines for administration of vitamin K to infants born after normal deliveries during 1973-89 were obtained from maternity hospitals. Occurrence of cancer up to the end of 1991 was identified by comparing these records with the national cancer registry. ...

Effect of the Local Heat on the Pain of Vitamin K Injection in the Infants

BackgroundThe absence of pain relief in infants can lead to harmful effects; so, this study aimed to investigate the effect of local heat on the pain of vitamin K injection in the infants.Materials and MethodsThis randomized clinical trial was conducted on 80 healthy infants. For the control group, 1 mg vitamin K was injected into the vastus lateralis muscle by a nurse. In the 3 intervention gr...