The Hillingdon Hospitals' Podcast

Antenatal education: The value of vitamin K for newborn babies

October 31, 2022 Doctor Jamie Shah
The Hillingdon Hospitals' Podcast
Antenatal education: The value of vitamin K for newborn babies
Show Notes

Kavita Goreeba, Midwife, talks to Doctor Jamie Shah, Neonatologist, about the value of vitamin K for newborn babies.

All babies are actually born with low levels of vitamin K, particularly because it does not cross the placenta well. Vitamin K is a group of vitamins that the body needs for blood clotting to help wounds or internal injuries heal.

Vitamin K is particularly important for newborns is because it helps prevent a bleeding disorder called haemorrhagic disease of the newborn. 

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