Delayed presentation of haemorrhagic disease of the newborn.
Six infants with delayed presentation of haemorrhagic disease of the newborn are described. All were full-term infants who had no underlying disease, but did not receive prophylactic doses of vitamin K at birth and were breast-fed. Two infants have been left with permanent handicaps as a result of this uncommon, but preventable, disorder.
D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006475:Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control
D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors; D014812:Vitamin K