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

Italian 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, Eleonora Galli, Alice Cerato, Cristina Olivero, Francisca Bulai, Irene Praticò, Fulvio Pomero   +6 more
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Vitamin K and childhood cancer: a report from the United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study [PDF]

, 2003
The relationship between neonatal vitamin K received by the intramuscular (i.m.) route and the development of leukaemia or other cancers was investigated as part of a national case–control study of childhood cancer, using data abstracted from obstetric ...
Eden, O.B., Fear, NT, Day, N, Birch, Jillian, Fear, N. T., Simpson, J., Ansell, P, Fear, N.T., Simpson, J, Eden, O. B., E Roman, Roman, E., Roman, E, Ansell, P., N T Fear, N Day, O B Eden, ?, ?, Eden, OB, United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study, Fear, N T, J Simpson, Eden, O B, Day, N., P Ansell   +24 more
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Estimated costs for treatment and prophylaxis of newborn vitamin K deficiency bleeding in Tashkent, Uzbekistan [PDF]

, 2018
2018-02Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) is a preventable cause of infant mortality and long-term morbidity through the world. This study aimed to demonstrate the costs of VKDB treatment estimated from the hospital records in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, as ...
Hamajima, Nobuyuki, Tursunov, Doniyorjon, Reyer, Joshua A., Yamamoto, Eiko, Sabirov, Dilmurad, Alimova, Khilola, Yrysov, Keneshbek, Yoshida, Yoshitoku   +7 more
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Prophylactic Vitamin K for Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding of the Newborn

Farmacia Hospitalaria (English Edition), 2011
The administration of vitamin K immediately after birth has shown a significant decrease in the incidence of newborn bleeding, but there is not enough evidence to determine the most appropriate method of administration. The objective of this review is to determine the effectiveness of orally administered vitamin K compared to the intramuscular route in
J E, Martín-López, A M, Carlos-Gil, R, Rodríguez-López, R, Villegas-Portero, L, Luque-Romero, S, Flores-Moreno   +5 more
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Prevalence and treatment of vitamin K deficiency in paediatric patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa‐severe subtype

Skin Health and Disease, 2021
Introduction Patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa‐severe subtype (RDEB‐S) are at risk of vitamin K deficiency, potentially causing abnormal clotting, excessive bleeding, poor bone metabolism and abnormal vascular calcification.
N. Yerlett, G. Petrof, K. Holsgrove, A. Martinez   +3 more
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Vitamin K-Dependent Coagulation Factors Deficiency, Diagnosis, and Management

, 2023
Vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor deficiency (VKCFD), either type I or II, is a rare inherited bleeding disorder caused by mutations in γ-glutamyl carboxylase (GGCX) or vitamin K epoxide reductase complex (VKORC1) gene.
Hosseini, Maryam Sadat, Napolitano, Mariasanta   +1 more
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Frequency Of Vitamin K Deficiency In Newborn Presenting With Bleeding

, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of vitamin K deficiency in newborns presenting with bleeding. STUDY DESIGN: Cross sectional study DURATION AND PLACE OF STUDY: This study was conducted at the department of Pathology and the department of ...
Nazia Mumtaz, Ikram din Ujjan, Sadia Akbar, Sana Fatema, Kiran Aamir, Aamir Ramzan
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PREVENTION OF VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY BLEEDING IN NEWBORNS [PDF]

British Journal of Haematology, 1999
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 ...
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
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Prophylactic vitamin K for the prevention of vitamin K deficiency bleeding in preterm neonates [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018
Vitamin K is necessary for the synthesis of coagulation factors. Term infants, especially those who are exclusively breast fed, are deficient in vitamin K and consequently may have vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). Preterm infants are potentially at greater risk for VKDB because of delayed feeding and subsequent delay in the colonization of their ...
Stephanie, Ardell, Martin, Offringa, Colleen, Ovelman, Roger, Soll   +3 more
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