how are they beneficial to newborn babies?
Vitamin K is given as an injection to newborns to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding
Vitamin K
Vitamin K is given as an injection to newborns to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding
what organ contains bacteria that help produce vitamin k The large intestine what vitamin is this? Vitamin K refers to structurally similar, fat-soluble vitamers found in foods and marketed as dietary supplements. can you name some foods where it is found? Green leafy vegetables how are they medically used? Vitamin K is also part of the suggested treatment regime for poisoning by rodenticide how are they related to warfarin therapy? The proper anticoagulant action of the anticoagulant drug warfarin is a function of vitamin K intake and drug dose, and due to differing absorption must be individualized for each patient.
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Vitamin K [SEP] Treating newborns
Vitamin K is given as an injection to newborns to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding. The blood clotting factors of newborn babies are roughly 30–60% that of adult values; this appears to be a consequence of poor transfer of the vitamin across the placenta, and thus low fetal plasma vitamin K. Occurrence of vitamin K deficiency bleeding in the first week of the infant's life is estimated at 0.25–1.7%, with a prevalence of 2–10 cases per 100,000 births. Human milk contains 0.85–9.2 μg/L (median 2.5 μg/L) of vitamin K, while infant formula is formulated in range of 24–175 μg/L. Late onset bleeding, with onset 2 to 12 weeks after birth, can be a consequence of exclusive breastfeeding, especially if there was no preventive treatment.