Medical and midwifery attitudes towards vitamin K prophylaxis in New Zealand neonates

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 536-539

  Gosai, Sonal ^a   Broadbent, Roland S ^a   Barker, David P ^a   Jackson, Pamela M ^a   Wheeler, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

neonatology; prophylaxis; vitamin K; vitamin K deficiency; vitamin K deficiency bleeding.

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; NEW ZEALAND; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VITAMIN K PROPHYLAXIS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN K; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY BLEEDING;

EID: 84904071595     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12490     Document Type: Article

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