TY - JOUR T1 - Aspiration pneumonia in association with oral vitamin K JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F232 LP - F232 DO - 10.1136/fn.87.3.F232 VL - 87 IS - 3 AU - V Bhandari AU - N On Tin AU - S R Ahmed Y1 - 2002/11/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/3/F232.1.abstract N2 - Most infants born in the British Isles now receive vitamin K prophylaxis, and the trend towards oral administration continues.1 With the awareness that vitamin K is well absorbed from the gut2 and following publication of the report linking intramuscular vitamin K and childhood cancer,3 oral vitamin K prophylaxis has become more widespread. However, because of lack of uniform national policy, the practice of vitamin K administration varies from region to region. Cases of aspiration or anaphylaxis following oral vitamin K … ER -