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  2. Vitamin K reaction - Wikipedia

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    VKAs diminish vitamin K levels in the body and inhibit the synthesis of vitamin K dependent clotting factors. [27] Thus, by inhibiting vitamin K, a key element by which the body produces clots, the risk of prolonged bleeding increases. [28] Traditionally, vitamin K has been used as a reversal agent for VKAs.

  3. Vitamin K deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Vitamin K 1-deficiency may occur by disturbed intestinal uptake (such as would occur in a bile duct obstruction), by therapeutic or accidental intake of a vitamin K 1-antagonist such as warfarin, or, very rarely, by nutritional vitamin K 1 deficiency. As a result, Gla-residues are inadequately formed and the Gla-proteins are insufficiently active.

  4. A vitamin K–rich diet may help protect your health as you age ...

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    While vitamin K deficiency in adults is rare, newborns are at greater risk due to very limited levels at birth. All newborn babies are required to receive a vitamin K shot to help prevent vitamin ...

  5. Vitamin K - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Is Vitamin K The Same Thing As Potassium? Doctors Explain - AOL

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    Vitamin K status and cognitive function in healthy older adults. Neurobiology Aging . Association of vitamin K with cognitive decline and neuropathology in community‐dwelling older persons.

  7. Vitamin K2 is essential to your health. But taking ... - AOL

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    Vitamin K2 is lauded for a number of important health benefits, including boosting your bones, teeth and cardiovascular system.. A new study suggests taking vitamin K2 could prevent and stall the ...

  8. Phytomenadione - Wikipedia

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    Phytomenadione, also known as vitamin K 1 or phylloquinone, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement. [4] [5] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [6] It is used to treat certain bleeding disorders, [5] including warfarin overdose, vitamin K deficiency, and obstructive jaundice. [5]

  9. Vitamin K deficiency bleeding - Wikipedia

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    Gut flora, that in adults produces vitamin K, has not yet developed. [2] Early VKDB is rare and caused by maternal medications that interact with vitamin K such as warfarin, phenytoin, or rifampicin. [2] Classical VKDB is more common and caused by the relative deficiency at birth with inadequate vitamin K intake.