Closing the Loophole: Midwives and the Administration of Vitamin K in Neonates - 08/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.11.038
Noemi Adame, MD a, ⁎ 
, Shannon L. Carpenter, MD, MSCI b
, Shannon L. Carpenter, MD, MSCI b a Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center–San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
b Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Reprint requests: Noemi Adame, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7829, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900Résumé |
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.
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