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The role of vitamin K during pregnancy – a literature review [PDF]

open access: yesRomanian 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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Prevalence of subclinical Vitamin K deficiency in early infancy in exclusively breast-fed term infants

open access: yesJournal 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   +7 more
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Late vitamin K deficiency bleeding in an infant with choledochal cyst

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2010
Infantile choledochal cyst (CC) usually presents as jaundice, vomiting, acholic stools, and hepatomegaly, and it can resemble biliary atresia.
Nada Krstovski   +5 more
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Clinical case of late neonatal hemorrhagic disease. Hazards for the family doctor. Modern recommendations for prevention

open access: yesZdorovʹe Rebenka, 2020
The article presents a clinical course and components of the treatment of a hemorrhagic syndrome caused by late vitamin K deficiency in a full-term girl of 28 days of age.
M.M. Kiselova, G.V. Koshulap
doaj   +1 more source

A case of late-onset vitamin K deficiency bleeding in an exclusively breastfed infant emphasizing the need for revision of vitamin K prophylaxis policy

open access: yesGlobal Journal of Transfusion Medicine, 2022
A 4-month-old male child presented with a history of seizure and vomiting. There was no history of fever, fall, or any other trauma. On examination, there was anisocoria, and anterior fontanelle was bulging and nonpulsating.
Sherin S John   +3 more
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Coagulation disorders during treatment with cefazolin and rifampicin: rare but dangerous [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Bone and Joint Infection, 2021
We describe a 79-year-old man with spondylodiscitis and unknown pathogen, treated with cefazolin and rifampicin. He developed a massive digestive hemorrhage.
I. Kouki   +7 more
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Vitamin K deficiency: a case report and review of current guidelines

open access: yesItalian Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
Background Vitamin K, a fat soluble vitamin, is a necessary cofactor for the activation of coagulation factors II, VII, IX, X, and protein C and S. In neonatal period, vitamin K deficiency may lead to Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB).
Maria Rosaria Marchili   +5 more
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Effect of Vitamin K on Mothers and Neonates [PDF]

open access: yesMinia Journal of Medical Research, 2022
Vitamin K was first discovered in the early 1930s by the Danish biochemist Henrik Dam who observed while studying cholesterol metabolism in chickens that chicks fed with a diet free of sterols and low in fat tended to develop subcutaneous and ...
Beshoy Asaad   +3 more
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Vitamin K deficiency bleeding: the readiness is all [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Disease in Childhood, 2007
Perspective on the papers by Busfield et al and McNinch et al ( see pages 754 and 759 )
Clarke, Paul, Shearer, Martin J.
openaire   +3 more sources

Prolonged prothrombin time in a rare case of vitamin K deficiency: a case report and a narrative review

open access: yesItalian Journal of Medicine, 2023
Prolonged prothrombin time increases the risk of bleeding complications in proportion to prolongation severity. We reported the case of a 72-year-old woman with a recent hospitalization for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis ...
Matteo Nicoletto   +6 more
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