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Newborns arrive with almost no vitamin K stored in their bodies. Vitamin K is the nutrient that allows blood to clot—without ...
Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) is a disorder that affects pregnant people and their fetuses. It occurs when the birthing parent’s immune system produces antibodies that attack and destroy ...
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is a bleeding disorder characterized by two seemingly opposite conditions. As a caregiver in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), it is not uncommon to think ...
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Vitamin K deficiency can damage your liver and bones and cause HDN in newborns; check warning signs
Vitamin K insufficiency can lead to Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn, bleeding disorders, bone weakness, and can further worsen existing liver ailments. The term vitamin K describes a class of fat ...
When a newborn requires surgery, the question of how to manage bleeding becomes more complicated than it is for adults or ...
A recent review details strategies for mitigating the risks faced by pregnant patients with hemophilia or von Willebrand disease and their children. Pregnant patients with inherited bleeding disorders ...
A 34-year-old woman (gravida 3, para 2) at 16 weeks’ gestation was found to have platelets unable to be quantified because of clumping on routine prenatal blood work, with a visual estimate of 40 ...
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