[Extensive subdural hematoma with brain edema and brain death. Sequela of late manifestation of vitamin K deficiency].
After an uneventful pregnancy and birth without vitamin-K-prophylaxis a seven-week-old breast-fed infant showed a subdural hemorrhage caused by vitamin-K-deficiency. Laboratory investigations indicated a subclinical cholestasis. The infant died 3 days later. This case once again provides a strong argument for routine vitamin-K-prophylaxis after birth for all infants.
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Kinderklinik, Universität Erlangen Nürnberg.
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D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001926:Brain Death / Q000473:pathology*; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001942:Breast Feeding; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014813:Vitamin K Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology