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Africa

• BMC Pediatrics
  • Prevalence and associated factors of anemia among newborns in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]

Angola

• Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases
  • Newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Angola: Implementation challenges and emerging data on hemoglobinopathy prevalence [2026]

Australia

• National Blood Authority
  • Paediatric and Neonatal Iron Deficiency Anaemia Guide

• National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Vitamin K administration to newborns: Joint statement [2010]

• SA Health
  • Vitamin K

• WA Health
  • Thromboembolic Disorders
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Polycythaemia
  • Anaemia

Belgium

• International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • Neonatal Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Belgium for More than 20 Years: An Experience for Comprehensive Care Improvement [2018]

• Nutrients
  • Belgian Consensus Recommendations to Prevent Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in the Term and Preterm Infant [2021]

Brazil

• International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • The Neonatal Screening Program in Brazil, Focus on Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) [2019]

• Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
  • Guidelines on neonatal screening and painful vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease: Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular [2016]

Canada

• Canadian Blood Services
  • Testing and management of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia [2020]
  • Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn and Perinatal Immune Thrombocytopenia [2018]

• Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Guidelines for vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns [2018]

• Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
  • A Practical Guide to the Management of the Fetus and Newborn With Hemophilia [2018]

• International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • The Alberta Newborn Screening Approach for Sickle Cell Disease: The Advantages of Molecular Testing [2021]

• Perinatal Services BC
  • Routine Administration of Vitamin K1 Prophylaxis to the Newborn [2023]
  • Vitamin K Prophylaxis

Canada, United States

• International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • Newborn Screening for SCD in the USA and Canada [2018]

Caribbean

• International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in the Caribbean: An Update of the Present Situation and of the Disease Prevalence [2019]

Ethiopia

• BMC Pediatrics
  • Prevalence and factors associated with vitamin K prophylaxis utilization among neonates in rural Ethiopia in 2016 [2022]

• Journal of Pediatric Nursing
  • Prevalence and associated factors of anemia among newborns in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]

Europe

• BMC Pediatrics
  • Vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns [2021]

• European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
  • Prevention of Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Newborn Infants: A Position Paper by the ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition [2016]

• European Standards of Care for Newborn Health
  • Prevention of vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) at birth

• International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • Newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Europe: recommendations from a Pan-European Consensus Conference [2018]

• Neonatal Transfusion Network
  • Supplemental Iron and Recombinant Erythropoietin for Anemia in Infants Born Very Preterm: A Survey of Clinical Practice in Europe [2024]

France

• Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Evaluation of Outcomes and Quality of Care in Children with Sickle Cell Disease Diagnosed by Newborn Screening: A Real-World Nation-Wide Study in France [2019]

Germany

• BioMed Research International
  • Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease: Technical and Legal Aspects of a German Pilot Study with 38,220 Participants [2014]

• Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
  • Newborn screening for sickle cell disease (SCD) [2019]

• International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • Introduction of Universal Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Germany—A Brief Narrative Review [2021]

Haiti

• Blood Advances
  • Implementation of hospital-based sickle cell newborn screening and follow-up programs in Haiti [2024]
  • Capacity building and networking to make newborn screening for sickle cell disease a reality in Haiti [2018]

High-income countries

• Blood Advances
  • Fetal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: a systematic review of impact of HLA-DRB3*01:01 on fetal/neonatal outcome [2020]

• Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia: Management and Outcome of a Large International Retrospective Cohort [2017]

• Hospital Pediatrics
  • Refusal of Intramuscular Vitamin K by Parents of Newborns: A Review [2020]

India

• Asian Journal of Transfusion Science
  • Neonatal thrombocytopenia and platelets transfusion [2012]

• International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease: Indian Experience [2018]

International

• American Society of Hematology
  • American Society of Hematology/International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2024 updated guidelines for treatment of venous thromboembolism in pediatric patients [2025]

• Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Clinical management in FNAIT - navigating a complicated landscape [2025]

• Blood Transfusion
  • Why might cord blood be a better source of platelets for transfusion to neonates? [2024]

• BMC Pediatrics
  • Epidemiology and risk factors for thrombosis in children and newborns: systematic evaluation and meta-analysis [2023]

• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Late erythropoiesis-stimulating agents to prevent red blood cell transfusion in preterm or low birth weight infants [2020]
  • Early erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in preterm or low birth weight infants [2020]

• European Journal of Pediatrics
  • Platelet transfusions in preterm infants: current concepts and controversies-a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

• Frontiers in Immunology
  • New perspectives on fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia for obstetricians [2026]

• International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines
  • Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: recommendations for evidence-based practice, an international approach [2019]

• International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Vitamin K Prophylaxis in Newborns: A Narrative Review of the Molecular Basis, Clinical Evidence, and Comparative Effectiveness of Intramuscular Versus Oral Administration and Parental Hesitation [2026]

• International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Perceived relative clinical significance of the risks of venous thromboembolism and bleeding from pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis in children: an international survey of pediatric providers: communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Pediatric and Neonatal Thrombosis and Hemostasis [2026]
  • Results of a multinational survey on the diagnostic and management practices of catheter-related arterial thrombosis in children and neonates: communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Pediatric and Neonatal Thrombosis and Hemostasis [2025]
  • Clinical care of pediatric patients with or at risk of postthrombotic syndrome: guidance from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on pediatric and neonatal thrombosis and hemostasis [2024]
  • Recommendations for standardized definitions, clinical assessment, and future research in pediatric clinically unsuspected venous thromboembolism: Communication from the ISTH SSC subcommittee on pediatric and neonatal thrombosis and hemostasis [2022]
  • Diagnosis and management of severe congenital protein C deficiency (SCPCD): Communication from the SSC of the ISTH [2022]
  • International pediatric thrombosis network to advance pediatric thrombosis research: Communication from the ISTH SSC subcommittee on pediatric and neonatal thrombosis and hemostasis [2021]
  • Investigations for fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: communication from the SSC of the ISTH [2018]

• JAMA Network Open
  • Factors Associated With Thromboembolism in Neonates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2026]

• Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Incidence of neonatal venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature [2026]
  • Vitamin K deficiency bleeding in children with cholestatic liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2025]

Ireland

• Ireland's Health Services
  • Policy and Procedure on the Administration of Vitamin K (Konakion MM Paediatric) Prophylaxis for Newborn Infants [2016]

Italy

• Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
  • Screening for sickle cell disease: focus on newborn investigations [2024]

Japan

• Nutrients
  • Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Infancy [2020]

• Pediatrics and Neonatology
  • Treatments and outcomes of neonatal disseminated intravascular coagulation with and without neonatal asphyxia: A retrospective study using nationwide data in Japan [2024]

• Pediatrics International
  • Vitamin K deficiency bleeding and optimal prophylaxis methods in biliary atresia: A surveillance study in Japan [2025]

Low and middle income countries

• Research and Reports in Neonatology
  • Current perspectives and practices of newborn vitamin K administration in low and middle income countries [2018]

Netherlands

• Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • From concept to practice: Screening for fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) [2025]

• European Journal of Pediatrics
  • Increasing the dose of oral vitamin K prophylaxis and its effect on bleeding risk [2019]
  • Incidence of late vitamin K deficiency bleeding in newborns in the Netherlands in 2005: evaluation of the current guideline [2008]

• Expert Review of Hematology
  • Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: evidence based antenatal and postnatal management strategies [2017]

• Health Council of the Netherlands
  • Vitamin K for infants [2017]

• Transfusion and Apheresis Science
  • Epidemiology and management of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia [2019]

• Vox Sanguinis
  • Screening of pregnant women for foetal neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: A cost-utility analysis [2025]

New Zealand

• New Zealand Blood Service
  • Neonatal Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia

• Starship
  • Vitamin K deficiency bleeding and prophylaxis in the newborn
  • Neonatal Thrombocytopenia
  • Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (NAIT)
  • Haematological disorders in neonates

Norway

• Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
  • Improving prediction of fetal/neonatal intracranial hemorrhage in HPA-1a alloimmunized pregnancies to guide antenatal management: An observational cohort study [2025]

• American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Antenatal intravenous immunoglobulins in pregnancies at risk of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: comparison of neonatal outcome in treated and nontreated pregnancies [2022]

• Transfusion and Apheresis Science
  • Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia – The Norwegian management model [2020]

Norway, Poland

• Archivum Immunologiae et Therapia Experimentalis
  • Fetal/Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia: Pathogenesis, Diagnostics and Prevention [2015]

Philippines

• International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • Successful Implementation of Newborn Screening for Hemoglobin Disorders in the Philippines [2021]

Republic of Korea

• Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
  • Neonatal Thrombocytopenia: Diagnostic Approach and Platelet Transfusion Guideline [2019]

Romania

• Healthcare
  • Physicians' Opinion and Practice of Vitamin K Administration at Birth in Romania [2022]

Saudi Arabia

• Medicine
  • Platelet transfusion practices among neonatologists in Saudi Arabia: A nationwide cross-sectional survey [2024]

Spain

• Anales de Pediatría (English Edition)
  • Diagnosis and treatment of venous thromboembolic disease in children. Recommendations from the Thromboembolic Disease Working Group of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI), the Spanish Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (SETH) and the Spanish Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (SEHOP) [2026]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Health Services Research
  • Newborn screening and prophylactic interventions for sickle cell disease in 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa: a cost-effectiveness analysis [2016]

• Hematology: the American Society of Hematology Education Program
  • Newborn screening initiatives for sickle cell disease in Africa [2024]

• Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health
  • White Paper: Pathways to Progress in Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa [2018]

Switzerland

• Acta Paediatrica
  • Parental resistance to oral vitamin K prophylaxis was much more common in Swiss birthing centres than private or public hospitals [2021]

• Swiss Society of Neonatology
  • Neonatal autoimmune thrombocytopenia [2013]

United Kingdom

• Archives of Disease in Childhood
  • Evaluation of newborn sickle cell screening programme in England: 2010–2016 [2017]

• Blood
  • How I diagnose and treat neonatal thrombocytopenia [2023]

• British Journal of Haematology
  • Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT): Survey of UK fetal medicine centres on antenatal management of subsequent affected pregnancies [2025]

• British Society for Haematology
  • Guideline on the management of haemophilia in the fetus and neonate [2011]

• International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • Newborn Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme: Automating and Enhancing the System to Evaluate the Screening Programme [2019]

• Neonatology
  • Neonatal Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Transfusion - A UK Perspective [2015]

• NHS Blood and Transplant
  • Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia [2014]

• NHS England
  • Sickle cell and thalassaemia: screening handbook
  • SCT screening: handbook for newborn laboratories
  • NHS sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening programme

• Right Decisions
  • Vitamin K prophylaxis for neonates
  • Haematology guideline, neonates

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Prenatal Management of Pregnancies at Risk of Fetal Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) [2019]

• UK National Screening Committee
  • Sickle cell disease (newborn)
  • FMAIT

• WISDOM
  • Vitamin K Administration Guideline [2025]

United States

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Vitamin K and the Newborn Infant [2022]

• American College of Chest Physicians
  • Antithrombotic therapy in neonates and children: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines [2012]

• American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Newborn Screening Programs and Sickle Cell Disease: A Public Health Services and Systems Approach [2016]

• American Society of Hematology
  • ASH/ISTH 2026 guidelines for anticoagulant prophylaxis in pediatric patients at risk of venous thromboembolism [2026]
  • Management of thrombosis in children and neonates: practical use of anticoagulants in children [2018]
  • American Society of Hematology 2018 Guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: treatment of pediatric venous thromboembolism [2018]

• Blood Advances
  • Romiplostim for the management of pediatric immune thrombocytopenia: drug development and current practice [2019]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Birth Prevalence of Sickle Cell Disease and County-Level Social Vulnerability — Sickle Cell Data Collection Program, 11 States, 2016–2020 [2024]
  • Newborn Screening Practices and Alpha-Thalassemia Detection — United States, 2016 [2020]
  • Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding

• HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
  • The Legal Limits of Parental Autonomy: Do Parents Have the Right to Refuse Intramuscular Vitamin K for Their Newborn? [2023]

• Hospital Pediatrics
  • Oral Vitamin K Prophylaxis in Newborns: A Survey of Clinician Opinions and Practices [2020]

• International Journal of Neonatal Screening
  • Newborn Screening Practices for Beta-Thalassemia in the United States [2021]

• JAMA Health Forum
  • Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia [2025]

• MedEdPORTAL
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Simulation Curriculum: Vitamin K Deficiency in the Newborn [2021]

• Pediatrics
  • Factors Associated With Refusal of Intramuscular Vitamin K in Normal Newborns [2018]
  • A Pediatrician’s Practical Guide to Diagnosing and Treating Hereditary Spherocytosis in Neonates [2015]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Management of birth defects and haemoglobin disorders : report of a joint WHO-March of Dimes meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 17-19 May 2006 [2006]

{Related topics}

• Topic
  • Newborn
  • Neonatal transfusion
  • Neonatal screening
  • Hematologic diseases in pregnancy, anemia in pregnancy
  • Anemia and hemoglobinopathies