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Phytonadione, also known as parental vitamin K1, is a therapeutic that is used to reverse the effects of anticoagulants. There are many severe reactions that can occur within or during 20 minutes post-administration of parental vitamin K1 such as very low heart rate, very high heart rate, very low blood pressure, cardiac arrest, difficult ...
Many countries in the world choose intramuscular injections in newborn to keep them safe from vitamin K deficiency bleeding. It is considered a safe treatment and saves many children from death and severe neurologic deficit every year. [9] Side effects when given by injection may include pain at the site of injection. [7]
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) of the newborn, previously known as haemorrhagic disease of the newborn, [1] is a rare form of bleeding disorder that affects newborns and young infants due to low stores of vitamin K at birth. [2] It commonly presents with intracranial haemorrhage with the risk of brain damage or death. [3]
Vitamin K is a family of structurally similar, fat-soluble vitamers found in foods and marketed as dietary supplements. [1] The human body requires vitamin K for post-synthesis modification of certain proteins that are required for blood coagulation ("K" from Danish koagulation, for "coagulation") or for controlling binding of calcium in bones and other tissues. [2]
Menadione is a synthetic [3] [4] organic compound with the formula C 6 H 4 (CO) 2 C 2 H(CH 3). It is an analog of 1,4-naphthoquinone with a methyl group in the 2-position. [5] It is sometimes called vitamin K 3. Use is allowed as a nutritional supplement in animal feed because of its vitamin K activity.
George Clooney's 7-year-old son, Alexander, loves Batman so much, the actor may just try to prevent him from seeing his infamous 1997 superhero flick "Batman & Robin."
Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide child care and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding, putting some programs at ...
Fetal warfarin syndrome is a disorder of the embryo which occurs in a child whose mother took the medication warfarin (brand name: Coumadin) during pregnancy.Resulting abnormalities include low birth weight, slower growth, intellectual disability, deafness, small head size, and malformed bones, cartilage, and joints.