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Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding: An Ounce of Prevention

Neonatal Network, 2020
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for the formation of factors in the clotting cascade. Newborns are born with insufficient levels of vitamin K, resulting in high risk for vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). Vitamin K deficiency bleeding can occur in the first week of life (“classic” VKDB) and also between 2 weeks and 3 months of age ...
C. McPherson
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Vitamin K prophylaxis and vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) in early infancy

Acta Paediatrica, 1992
The efficacy of vitamin K prophylaxis (1 mg im or sc, or 1–2 mg orally both given as a single dose at birth) in the prevention of vitamin K deficiency bleeding in early infancy was estimated in Germany during a 15‐month period between 1988 and 1989. Cases were identified by a survey of all paediatric hospitals and population denominators by a survey of
R, von Kries, U, Göbel
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Late form of Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Germany

Klinische Pädiatrie, 1995
The evaluation of the disease of vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB).108 reported cases between 1980 and 1990 from Germany.VKDB occurs preferentially (90%) in fully breastfed infants, males are affected nearly twice as often as females. The peak age is four weeks; the majority (79%) of the infants are between three and seven weeks old.
Sutor, Anton H., Dagres, Nikolaos, Niederhoff, Helmut   +2 more
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VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY BLEEDING

Journal of Neonatology, 2003
This letter deals with the problem of vitamin k deficiency bleeding, affecting exclusively breast-fed infants, and with the possible prophylactic choices.
FANARO, Silvia, VIGI, Vittorio
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Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding

Advances in Neonatal Care, 2013
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB), formerly known as hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN), is a bleeding disorder in neonates that is caused by inadequate serum levels of vitamin K. Vitamin K is a nutrient essential for adequate function of the coagulation cascade.
Christopher W, Woods, Amanda G, Woods, Carmen K, Cederholm   +2 more
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The challenge to define the optimal prophylactic regimen for vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infants.

Acta paediatrica, 2020
Infants are at risk of vitamin K deficiency that may lead to Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB). Although many vitamin K prophylactic regimens have been developed throughout the years, still cases of late form VKBD may occur.
L. Chiara, Buonocore Giuseppe, Perrone Serafina   +2 more
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Delayed Complementary Feeding as a Risk Factor for Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in a 9-Month-Old Infant.

Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) is a well-known entity in the newborn period, classically presenting during the first week of life. VKDB causing massive bleeding beyond 3 months of age, in an otherwise healthy child, is extremely rare.
Ponni G Jayan, Sheeja Sugunan, Devakumar V Krishnannair, Bindusha Sasidharan   +3 more
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Vitamin K prophylaxis and vitamin K deficiency bleeding in the UK

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2010
Aim To correlate incidence, morbidity and mortality of vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) with changing practices in vitamin K (VK) prophylaxis in the UK—most recently the withdrawal of Konakion Neonatal in 2006, leaving Konakion MM as the only licenced preparation for prophylaxis in the UK.
A Busfield, R Samuel, A McNinch, J Tripp
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Bleeding and Vitamin K Deficiency

2016
Vitamin K is a cofactor for human glutamic acid carboxylase enzymes in multiple tissues and organs. The dominant vitamin K activity is gamma-carboxylation of selective glutamic acid residues on coagulation factors X, IX, VII, and II. Humans predominantly rely on green vegetable dietary sources of vitamin K rather than synthesis of vitamin K by ...
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Case report of the late-onset Vitamin K deficiency bleeding in a patient with hemophilia A

PEDIATRIA Journal named after G N SPERANSKY
Late-onset Vitamin K deficiency bleeding is a rare disease that develops as a manifestation of Vitamin K deficiency in children from 8 days to 6 months of age with an incidence of 4.4 to 72 cases per 100,000 newborns in countries where prophylaxis with ...
E. M. Golovina, K. Aslanyan, A.A. Tushev, K.A. Novikov, N.I. Kononova, M.M. Magomedov, P. V. Zharkov   +6 more
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