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Severe Early-Onset Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in a Neonate Born to a Mother with Crohn's Disease in Clinical Remission: A Case Report [PDF]

American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) in neonates is a significant disorder that causes skin, gastrointestinal, and intracranial hemorrhaging. Early-onset VKDB occurs within 24 hours of birth, and its prognosis is poor due to severe hemorrhage. The causes
Chiho Ikenaga, Ryosuke Uchi, Fumihiko Ishida, Michisato Hirata, Kazuhiro Iwama, Shinichiro Ina, Yuko Tatsuno, Takahiro Kemmotsu, Jun Shibasaki, Shuichi Ito   +9 more
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Vitamin K-dependent and other rare coagulation factor deficiencies: a single-center experience [PDF]

Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Background Rare coagulation factor deficiency (RFD) is characterized by a deficiency of factor (F) I, FII, FV, FVII, FX, FXI, FXII, FXIII, or a combined deficiency of FV + FVIII or vitamin K-dependent factors and accounts for approximately 5% of all ...
Özlem Terzi, Sadık Sami Hatipoğlu
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Vitamin K deficiency bleeding presenting as nodular purpura in infancy: A rare and life-threatening entity

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2013
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) disorder is an uncommon entity, which occurs due to inadequate activity of vitamin K-dependant coagulation factors. An 8-months-old exclusively breast-fed male infant presented with multiple, purpuric and nodular non ...
Pratik Gahalaut, Sandhya Chauhan
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Subgaleal Haematoma due to Vitamin K Deficiency in an Infant: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021
Haemorrhagic Disease of the New Born by Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB), occurring shortly after birth and caused by deficiency of vitamin K dependent factors (factors II, VII, IX, and X) has been well documented.
Kapil Bainade, V Kotrashetti, Vijay Baburao Sonawane, Shuchi Bhatarkar, Reshma Khatun   +4 more
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The Role of Vitamin K in Cirrhosis: Do Pharmaco-K-Netics Matter?

Gastrointestinal Disorders, 2022
Patients with advanced liver disease who are not taking vitamin K antagonists often have an elevated international normalized ratio, potentially due to vitamin K deficiency and the decreased synthesis of clotting factors by the liver. It is possible that
Stephanie Jin, Lisa Hong, Alireza FakhriRavari   +2 more
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No child should suffer from vitamin K deficiency‐induced bleeding disorders

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
We encountered an 11‐day‐old male neonate with vitamin K deficiency‐induced intracranial hemorrhage, despite receiving oral vitamin K2 (menaquinone‐4) prophylaxis according to Japanese guidelines.
Masazumi Miyahara, Kyoko Osaki
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Knowledge and Attitude among Doctors towards Use of Prophylactic Vitamin K in Neonatal Bleeding Disorders in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Experience from Haj El-Safi Hospital, Sudan

Althea Medical Journal, 2022
Background: Vitamin K is crucial for neonates to prevent bleeding disorders. Raising awareness of vitamin K use would show positive outcomes. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude of prophylactic use of vitamin K for bleeding disorders in
Rawan Mohamed Sabri Hassan, Abrar Bakry Malik, Mohamed Eltayeb Elawad, Ebtihal Modather Mohammed, Ahmed Sami Abdalla Osman   +4 more
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The role of vitamin K during pregnancy – a literature review [PDF]

Romanian Medical Journal, 2021
Micronutrients are indispensable substances for ensuring proper metabolism, which, in the case of pregnant women, has an indirect influence on perinatal outcomes. Hypovitaminosis K is a rare condition in adults.
Maria Cemortan, Olga Cernetchi
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Vitamin E-induced coagulopathy in a young patient: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background High-dose vitamin E intake is known to inhibit vitamin K-derived coagulation factor synthesis, which can cause serious bleeding events such as gastrointestinal bleeding and intracranial hemorrhage.
Ritika Abrol, Reshma Kaushik, Deepak Goel, Sonu Sama, Rajeev Mohan Kaushik, Mansi Kala   +5 more
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Prevalence of subclinical Vitamin K deficiency in early infancy in exclusively breast-fed term infants

Journal of Marine Medical Society, 2023
Background: Late Vitamin K deficiency bleeding, is a disease of exclusively breast-fed infants attributable to poor content of Vitamin K in breast milk.
Gitanjali Jain, K M Adhikari, Gautam Kumar Vasnik, Daljit Singh, Venkatesan Somasundaram, Rakesh Gupta, Puja Dudeja, Subhash Chandra Shaw   +7 more
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