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Common newborn myths:
“We must always know what we know and what we don’t know. If we get them confused, many men will die.”— Gen George Patton
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Don’t give formula to a breast fed baby because: Milk not in at 48h Baby not satisfied Baby is jaundiced By 72h 25% of csxn babies have lost >10% of their birth weight. Check New weight loss trajectory normogtam. Don’t knee jerk supplementation based on weight alone.
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Newborn myths: Vitamin K is harmful or unnecessary. FALSE. Without Vitamin K, babies can bleed into their heads and can die. It does not cause leukemia. Oral is not acceptable— we don’t know if it works
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Replying to @drfixus @TNAAPChapter
Newborn myths:
@AmerAcadPeds 2012 neonatal#circumcision policy statement is evidence-based. FALSE. It's "been graded by almost all other pediatric societies and associations worldwide as being scientifically untenable." -Dr. Wolfram Hartmann https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316527603_Cultural_bias_in_American_medicine_the_case_of_infant_male_circumcision …#i2#meded1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
Newborn myths:
Neonatal #circumcision can be justified by its "health benefits."
FALSE.
In fact, "there is no compelling reason to deny boys their legitimate right to make their own informed decision when they are old enough to do so." https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/131/4/796 … #i2 #MedEd
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