Early Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in a Neonate Associated with Maternal Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy [PDF]
Introduction Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a rare but potentially fatal condition occurring in the third trimester or early postpartum period. It is characterized by microvesicular fatty infiltration of the liver.
Shreyas Arya +3 more
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Late vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infants: five-year prospective study. [PDF]
Al-Zuhairy SH.
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Belgian Consensus Recommendations to Prevent Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in the Term and Preterm Infant. [PDF]
Neonatal vitamin K prophylaxis is essential to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) with a clear benefit compared to placebo. Various routes (intramuscular (IM), oral, intravenous (IV)) and dosing regimens were explored.
Fiesack S +20 more
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Temporal association between serious bleeding and immunization: vitamin K deficiency as main causative factor [PDF]
Background Bleeding as an adverse event following immunization (AEFI) that is rarely reported in children, although it can be a parental concern. Bleeding episodes ranging in severity from mild to severe and defined as any external and/or internal ...
Susi Susanah +9 more
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Vitamin K deficiency bleeding of newborn masquerading haemophilia B. [PDF]
The term infant is remarkably resistant to bleeding despite physiologically low levels of procoagulant proteins. However, because of their unique haemostatic systems, neonates are vulnerable to haemorrhagic disorders. The prevention of early vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) of newborn by oral or parenteral administration of vitamin K has been well ...
Kumar M, Kumar S, Bajpayi S, Kumari R.
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PREVENTION OF VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY BLEEDING IN NEWBORNS [PDF]
Newborn babies are born vitamin K deficient; however, the deficiency is not sufficiently severe to cause a vitamin K deficiency coagulopathy and haemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN). Severe vitamin K deficiency can develop quickly in breast-fed newborns and can result in the appearance of classic HDN during the first week of life or late HDN ...
A. Zipursky
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Superwarfarin Rodenticide Poisoning due to Consumption of Exotic Animals: A Case Report [PDF]
Poisoning from superwarfarin rodenticides should be considered in patients with unexplained bleeding due to vitamin K deficiency, with no other history of coagulopathy or anticoagulant use.
Batoul Sadek +6 more
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Hereditary combined deficiency of vitamin K–dependent clotting factors presenting as postoperative haemorrhage in a Syrian adolescent: a likely VKCFD type 2 phenotype [PDF]
Hereditary combined deficiency of vitamin K–dependent clotting factors (VKCFD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by reduced activity of factors II, VII, IX, and X despite normal vitamin K levels.
Mahmoud Alhamadeh Alswij +5 more
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Old scars, new bleeds: revisiting coagulopathy in quiescent Crohn’s disease [PDF]
Background: Vitamin K serves as a critical coenzyme in the gamma-carboxylation of clotting factors II, VII, IX, and X, underscoring its essential role in the coagulation cascade.
Simran Patel +4 more
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Late-onset vitamin K deficiency bleeding: a preventable yet prevailing cause of intracranial hemorrhage in young infants—an ambispective descriptive study [PDF]
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) may present as intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in young infants, which results in severe morbidity and mortality. This study aims to determine the clinical presentation, risk factors, and outcome of children with VKDB ...
Aswini Annadurai +3 more
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