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Podcast: PedsCases: Pediatric Education Online
Episode: Vitamin K Prophylaxis in Newborns – CPS Podcast
Description: This podcast presents an approach to the management of vitamin K deficiency in newborns. Listeners will learn abut vitamin K deficiency bleeding, often referred to as hemorrhagic disease of the newborn, as well as how to recognize its signs, symptoms and complications. The current CPS recommendations for vitamin K prophylaxis will also be discussed. This podcast was developed by Carina Lauzon, a medical student at the University of Alberta, Dr. Marc-Antoine Landry, a neonatologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, and Dr. Eugene Ng, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto.