Vitamin K deficiency bleeding: The readiness is all

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 741-743

  Clarke, Paul ^a   Shearer, Martin J ^b,c  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTOR OIL; PHENOL; PHYTOMENADIONE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; VITAMIN K GROUP;

BLEEDING; BLEEDING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BREAST DISCHARGE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHOLESTASIS; DRUG ABSORPTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE OF NEWBORN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN K; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34548478130     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.116962     Document Type: Short Survey

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