Vitamin K deficiency in CF patients is frequent despite its regular supplementation
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Late vitamin K deficiency bleeding despite intramuscular prophylaxis at birth – Is there a need for additional supplementation?
Jelena MARTIĆ Radoja Dakića 6 11070 Belgrade, Serbia [email protected] SUMMARY Introduction/Objective Vitamin K deficiency is common in newborn infants and without prophylaxis there is a risk of vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). The most frequent prophylactic approach is an intramuscular (IM) injection of vitamin K1 immediately after birth. Its efficiency to prevent late VKDB has been recen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1569-1993
DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(09)60340-4