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Vitamin K Deficiency in Apparently Healthy Children ***
Author(s) -
Lovric V. A.,
Glasson M. J.,
Dey D. L.,
Middleton A. W.,
Llewelyn D. M.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1971.tb02259.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin , pediatrics , surgery , vitamin k , vitamin deficiency
Summary: Children aged 5 weeks to 15 months in apparent good health and awaiting elective surgery were tested for haemostatic defects before and after vitamin K 1 therapy. From a total of 114 children, 15 recorded abnormal tests. All but one responded in 3 hours to administration of vitamin K 1 . The defect was moderately severe in 3 children only, and if uncorrected probably would have caused excessive surgical bleeding. The accepted nutritional, malabsorptive or drug dependent causes were not considered operative in the affected children. Vitamin K prophylaxis may be indicated in children under 12 months of age and in need of surgery.