[Life-threatening hemorrhage caused by vitamin K deficiency in breast-fed infants].
4 infants (2 males, 2 females) with acute bleedings due to vitamin K-deficiency beyond the neonatal period are reported. Two infants had intracranial haemorrhage and died. All infants were born appropriate for date and became no vitamin K-prophylaxis. All were breast-fed. This report is a further prove for the existence of the late onset haemorrhagic disease of the newborn. The importance of general vitamin K-prophylaxis is outlined.
D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014813:Vitamin K Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*
D014812:Vitamin K
Lebensbedrohliche Blutungen durch Vitamin-K-Mangel bei gestillten Säuglingen.