Pediatric Emergency Medicine Simulation Curriculum: Vitamin K Deficiency in the Newborn.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends vitamin K prophylaxis at birth for all newborns to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). Despite a lack of evidence for serious harms, barriers to prophylaxis, including parental refusal, are rising, as are cases of VKDB.

Methods

This simulation involved an infant presenting to the emergency department who decompensated due to a cerebral hemorrhage caused by VKDB and was treated by pediatric and emergency providers. The case was incorporated into the fellow and division monthly curricula, and participants completed postsimulation surveys. The patient required a secure airway, seizure management, vitamin K, and a fresh frozen plasma infusion upon suspicion of the diagnosis, plus a coordinated transfer to defin

SUBMITTER: Sanseau E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7830750 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature