title: Vitamins.
abstract: • Based on strong research evidence, all infants should receive 400 IU/day of vitamin D beginning in the first few days of age to prevent vitamin D deficiency and rickets. • Based on strong research evidence, children and adolescents age >1 year may require as much as 600IU/day of vitamin D. • Based on strong research evidence, all newborns should receive 1 mg of vitamin K at birth to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding. • Based on strong research evidence, preconceptional and pregnant women should be supplemented with folate to decrease the likelihood of neural tube defects.
authors.affiliation: Drexel University College of Medicine, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Bryon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lauer
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Spector
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001361:Avitaminosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018743:Perinatal Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D039401:Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012307:Risk Factors; D014815:Vitamins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014815:Vitamins