Hi Rachel, Thanks for posting, that was what I was looking for ! Renate Rietveld, IBCLC Rijswijk, The Netherlands At 21:58 31-3-00 +0200, you wrote: >In MIDIRS Midwifery Digest vol 7 no 3, the following article is discussed. >Hansen KN, Ebbesen F. Neonatal vitamin K prophylaxis in Denmark: 3 years' experience with oral administration during the first three months of life compared with one oral administration at birth. Acta Paediatrica, vol 85, no 10, Oct 1996, pp 1137-1139. >MIDIRS had constructed a graph showing the incidence of late vitamin K deficiency bleeding in communities where babies are offered no vitamin K at birth, and in communities with a range of different prophylactic policies. This graph shows two regimens which virtually eliminate the problem: 1 mg IM at birth, and 1 mg by mouth weekly for three months. The table also shows that with the German regimen of 1 mg my mouth at 1,2 and 3-6 weeks, there is an incidence of 32/1,200,000, significantly reduced from no prophylaxis, but still occurring. > -------------------------------------------------------------- Renate Rietveld, IBCLC E-mail : [log in to unmask] Homepage: http://www.casema.net/~rietveld/index.htm -------------------------------------------------------------- *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html