Prophylaxis of neonatal vitamin K deficiency bleeding in premature infants
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Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) is a coagulopathy that develops in infants who do not have sufficient vitamin K stores to support production of clotting factors. In adults, vitamin K is absorbed from food and from vitamin K synthesized by gut bacteria. However, placental transfer in humans is limited; cord blood and infant liver reserve levels of vitamin K are substantially below adult lev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1359-2998
DOI: 10.1136/fn.84.3.f218b