scholarly journals Case report. Intracranial haemorrhage due to vitamin K deficiency following gastroenteritis in an infant

1999 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Manji
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Vitamin K ◽  
Intracranial Haemorrhage ◽  
Vitamin K Deficiency ◽  
K Deficiency

Vitamin K deficiency — Late onset intracranial haemorrhage

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Aydinli ◽  
Agop Çtak ◽  
Mne Çalişkan ◽  
Metn Karaböcüolu ◽  
Serpil Baysal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin K ◽  
Intracranial Haemorrhage ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Vitamin K Deficiency ◽  
K Deficiency

Vitamin K in pregnancy and breastfeeding

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sir Peter Gluckman ◽  
Mark Hanson ◽  
Chong Yap Seng ◽  
Anne Bardsley
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin K ◽  
Intracranial Haemorrhage ◽  
Intramuscular Injection ◽  
Blood Clotting ◽  
Birth Trauma ◽  
Vitamin K Deficiency ◽  
Bleeding Events ◽  
Term Neonates ◽  
Risk Of Bleeding ◽  
K Deficiency

Vitamin K is involved in blood clotting, and lack of this nutrient results in a hypocoagulable state, associated with a high risk of bleeding events. Deficiency is rare among adults, because vitamin K is widely available in foods. However, the placenta transmits vitamin K relatively poorly, leading to a general deficiency in full-term neonates, who are also particularly vulnerable to the effects of low vitamin K levels because of their immature clotting systems. Deficiency can lead to intracranial haemorrhage following birth trauma, or classic vitamin K deficiency bleeding. It is important to maintain adequate vitamin K status throughout pregnancy in order to avoid added risk to the neonate at birth and in the first few weeks of life. Supplementation of newborns by intramuscular injection should be universal.

VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY CAUSING INFANTILE INTRACRANIAL HAEMORRHAGE AFTER THE NEONATAL PERIOD

The Lancet ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 321 (8339) ◽  
pp. 1439-1440 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.M Verity ◽  
F Carswell ◽  
G.L Scott ◽  
Stephen Ware ◽  
Michael Mills
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin K ◽  
Intracranial Haemorrhage ◽  
Neonatal Period ◽  
Vitamin K Deficiency ◽  
K Deficiency
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