Late-onset vitamin K deficiency bleeding: a preventable yet prevailing cause of intracranial hemorrhage in young infants—an ambispective descriptive study
Aswini Annadurai,
C. G. Delhi Kumar,
Praveen S. M.
et al.
Abstract:Background
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) may present as intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in young infants, which results in severe morbidity and mortality. This study aims to determine the clinical presentation, risk factors, and outcome of children with VKDB.
Methods
This was an ambispective descriptive study conducted from January 2015 to August 2023 in southern India. Infants from 8 days to 6 months of age, diagnosed as VKDB based on bleedin… Show more
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