Vitamin K deficiency mimicking child abuse

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-288

  Brousseau, Tonia J ^a   Kissoon, Niranjan ^b   McIntosh, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c St Vincent's Medical Center Jacksonville   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Child abuse; Intracranial hemorrhage; Shaken baby syndrome; Vitamin K deficiency

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PHENOBARBITAL; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUBATION; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

CHILD ABUSE; CONTUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

EID: 25644444063     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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