Classical hemorrhagic disease of the newborn characteristically presents with gastrointestinal, nasal, skin and circumcision bleeding during the first 7 days of life [2,3]. For many years vitamin K deficiency bleeding beyond the neonatal period appeared to be related to malabsorption and cholestasis ...
Bleeding seen is often mucosal, cutaneous, or from venipuncture or circumcision sites. In contrast, early VKDB develops within the first 24 h of life and is more severe with intracranial, intraabdominal, or intrathoracic hemorrhage. Early VKDB is linked to maternal use of medications that ...
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Themostcommonsitesofbleedingaretheumbilicus,mucousmembranes,GItract,circumcision,andvenipunctures.ClinicalManifestations Intracranialbleedingcanoccurandisthemaincauseofmortalityandlongtermmorbidity.LabStudies:PTaPTTTCT fibrinogenlevelsplateletcount VitaminKdirectassay Treatment vitaminK Fresh...
Infant formulas are supplemented with high levels of vitamin K, generally sufficient to prevent intracranial bleeding in the case of a liver disorder and in some other rare bleeding disorders. Although formula feeding is seen to increase overall childhood cancer rates by 80%, this is likely not ...
Circumcision was performed by using the Gomco clamp method at a mean age of just over 24 hours of life. The surgeon was masked to whether they received vitamin K or not. Bleeding events were recorded immediately after removal of the clamp. Of the 240 male neonates who received vitamin K ...
The aetiology of this disease is not clear: it is believed to be caused through both humoral and cell mediated autoimmunity and has been associated with atopy and other autoimmune conditions [1,4]. Circumcision is the treatment of choice, but topical use of several drugs has been used before...