Controversies concerning vitamin K and the newborn

This article provides the comments of a Vitamin K Ad Hoc Task Force which reviewed the work of Golding et al (Childhood cancer, intramuscular vitamin K and pethidine given during labour and factors associated with childhood cancer in a national cohort study). These studies found a correlation between prophylactic intramuscular vitamin K injections and childhood leukemia. The recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics are included