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Indian Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 9(1):p 35-37, january-June 2022. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijmfnm.2347.999X.9122.5
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Late onset Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding: A Preventable Disease
Aryan Kumar Gupta , Pramod Jog1 , Aryan Kumar Gupta2 , Gitika Sardana3 , Shruti Talewad4 , Sharad Agarkhedkar5
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Indian Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 9(1):p 35-37, january-June 2022. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijmfnm.2347.999X.9122.5
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Pramod Jog, Aryan Kumar Gupta, Gitika Sardana, Shruti Talewad, Sharad Agarkhedkar/Late-onset Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding: A Preventable Disease/Indian Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2022; 9(1):35–37.
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Vitamin K is an essential vitamin required for the activation of coagulation factors II, VII, IX, X, and proteins C and S. The deficiency of vitamin K leads to coagulopathy leading to the development of vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). We present a case of a 2-month-old male child who presented with tonic posturing of all 4 limbs. At birth, vitamin k was not administered. The neonatal period was uneventful, and the child was exclusively breastfed. On further evaluation, a subdural hematoma was detected. A diagnosis of late-onset vitamin k deficiency was suspected. Treatment with intravenous vitamin K was started with complete recovery. The diagnosis of late-onset VKDB should be suspected when an intracranial hemorrhage in a previously healthy newborn is found especially when there is no history of Vitamin K administration after birth
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Pramod Jog, Aryan Kumar Gupta, Gitika Sardana, Shruti Talewad, Sharad Agarkhedkar/Late-onset Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding: A Preventable Disease/Indian Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2022; 9(1):35–37.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijmfnm.2347.999X.9122.5
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