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JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 168-169Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.131
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vitamin K; newborn; infant; bleeding; VKDB; intracranial hemorrhage
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We report the case of a 6-week-old female who presented an intracranial hemorrhage due to late vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). No other evident bleeding sites were present at the moment of diagnosis. Intramuscular vitamin K (1 mg) was administered at birth. She was exclusively breast-fed. No other risk factors for VKDB were detected. Low levels of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors and their normalization after vitamin K administration confirmed the diagnosis of late VKDB. The present case suggests potential risks related to a single dose of intramuscular vitamin K at birth.
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