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Opinion: What Utah parents should know about newborn vitamin K injections
As a hospital-based pediatrician in Utah, I have witnessed an increasing number of parents refuse the vitamin K injection recommended for their newborn infants. I fear that parents who refuse this do so without understanding why it is recommended, and unknowingly cause their newborn unnecessary risk of harm. Below are 10 important facts every expecting parent should know prior to considering refusing this important supplement. Newborn vitamin K injection refusal is increasingly common and is much higher for infants not born in hospitals. While hospital vitamin K injection refusal rates are approximately 3%, a recent study showed that infants born at home are five times less likely to receive the injection (~15% refusal rate), and infants born in birthing centers are a staggering 10 times less likely (~31% refusal rate). To put these numbers in perspective, there were 45,774 live births in Utah in 2022, and infants in Utah are more than twice as likely to be born outside the hospital than the national average (4.4% vs 2.1%). Assuming a 1:3 ratio of birthing center to home births (following the national average), this means that the following numbers of infants will not receive vitamin K injection in the following settings:
Friday Faves
This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure & privacy policy. The patriotic feelings continued this week with July 24, Utah’s state holiday and the anniversary of the pioneer’s thousands-mile trek to their new home in the Salt Lake Valley 177 years ago. Here in Utah, Pioneer Day (or as some have monikered Pie and Beer Day) is as big a deal as the Fourth of July, if not bigger. Rodeos, parades, fireworks, and of course BBQs and potlucks (mine included this salmon and these veggies). To add even more fireworks to this year’s celebrations, it was the same day Salt Lake City was named to host the 2034 Winter Olympics after first hosting in 2002. Yeah baby, let’s go!
Utah man arrested in Bozeman after high-speed chase
A Utah man wanted in connection to an alleged attempted homicide was apprehended in Bozeman on Tuesday following a high-speed chase. Kevin D. Wilde, 63, appeared in Justice Court on Wednesday and was accused of fleeing and eluding and criminal endangerment. According to an affidavit of probable cause, Wilde had...
Idaho is an Island in an Ocean of Drunkenness
Credit the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Idaho is among the least inebriated states in America. Utah is the least drunken state in the country. What do they have in common aside from geography? A culture defined by the proximity of the LDS Church. Some of the other...
Unemployment claims in Utah declined last week
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Utah dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 1,306 in the week ending July 20, down from 1,557 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 235,000...
Guest opinion: The case against college
Growing up, kids are often told that going to college is the only way to meet society’s standard for success. But what is this standard based on? More and more young adults are dropping out of college due to financial hardship and excessive, unnecessary classes, among other reasons. Additionally, the percentage of Americans in the last decade who believe in the value of higher education has dropped from 57% to 48%. These statistics beg the question: Does one need to attend college to be successful?
More than three dozen new restaurants and bars joining the Utah dining scene
It’s been a few months since my last deep dive into what’s new around the Beehive. I won’t sugarcoat it, folks, a lot has happened, and this is a rather long list. The sort of thing you might want to pull out of your back pocket to filibuster your next HOA meeting. So let’s begin, pour your tipple of choice, and sit back…
Several Southern Utah residents will be opening their yards to show off ‘creative’ water-wise landscaping
ST. GEORGE — As the pursuit to replace “lazy lawns” with desert-friendly, water-efficient landscaping continues in Washington County and across the state, a local conservation group has partnered with the county’s leading water agency, home builders and others to showcase homes with water-wise desert gardens in the area.
Where’s the rain? Salt Lake City has the heat but nothing to chase it off with
That’s a typical summer day in Utah, but without the relief of rainstorms, especially in the northern part of the state, the heat feels amplified. And it’s not all in your head. Utah summers are getting hotter. The National Weather Service started recording Salt Lake City temperatures and...
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