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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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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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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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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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Clinical case of late neonatal hemorrhagic disease. Hazards for the family doctor. Modern recommendations for prevention

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

Global 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, Ebin Jose, Bivin Joseph, Aboobacker Mohamed Rafi   +3 more
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Coagulation disorders during treatment with cefazolin and rifampicin: rare but dangerous [PDF]

Journal 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, C. Montagner, W. Mauhin, J. London, T. Lazard, S. Grimbert, V. Zeller, O. Lidove   +7 more
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Effect of Vitamin K on Mothers and Neonates [PDF]

Minia 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, Reem Abdel Aziz, Heba Hassan, Essa Mahmoud   +3 more
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Temporary brittle bone disease:association with intracranial bleeding [PDF]

, 2013
We report 20 infants aged between 1 month and 6 months found to have subdural bleeding and also multiple unexplained fractures in a pattern similar to that described earlier as temporary brittle bone disease. Child abuse seemed unlikely as a cause of the
Paterson, Colin R., Monk, Elizabeth
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Vitamin K deficiency bleeding: the readiness is all [PDF]

Archives 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.
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