CDC: Refusing vitamin K at birth can be fatal in newborns
ATLANTA, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Federal officials identified a cluster of newborns in Tennessee with late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, a serious but preventable bleeding disorder. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Tennessee Newborn ClusterVitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Tennessee Newborn Cluster
The CDC has found a cluster of newborns with late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, a preventable disease that can cause brain hemorrhage, showing the importance of vitamin K injection at birth. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
On This Day in Science History - November 13 - Vitamin K
November 13th is Edward Doisy's birthday. Doisy was an American biochemist who shared the 1943 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Henrik Dam for their work concerning vitamin K. Dam discovered ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 12, 2013 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news
Why are people buying Vitamin K supplements?
Why are people suddenly buying Vitamin K supplements? (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Retrospective study of twenty-four patients with prolonged coagulopathy due to long-acting anti-vitamin K rodenticide poisoning - Xiang L, Min Z, Alan Z, Yaohui W.
Second generation anticoagulant rodenticides are now the most common rat killers used in China; however, poisoning incidents are frequently reported. The authors retrospectively reviewed 24 patients with vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor deficiency ca... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
Vitamin K Deficiency BleedingVitamin K Deficiency Bleeding
This case study follows a 4-week old infant with vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Diagnosis, management and prophylaxis recommendations are discussed. Journal of Pediatric Health Care (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
Kcentra approved for the urgent reversal of vitamin K
WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Kcentra for the urgent reversal of vitamin K antagonist anti-coagulation in adults with acute major bleeding. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - May 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This Day in Science History - February 21 - Carl Dam and Vitamin K
February 21st is Carl Henrik Dam's birthday. Dam was a Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K. He was feeding chickens a cholesterol-free diet to find out if they needed cholesterol ...Read Full Post (Source: About.com Chemistry)
Source: About.com Chemistry - February 20, 2013 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news
Shortage of Vitamin K preparations
We are aware that pharmacists may have recently experienced difficulty in obtaining Vitamin K (menadiol, K4 and phytomenadione, K1) preparations. Phytomenadione 10mg tablets (Konakion) were discontinued by Roche in Autumn 2009 due to business reasons. In June 2010 Alliance Pharmaceuticals took ov (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - August 5, 2010 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
