DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
A vitamin K deficiency due to nutritional or medicinal deficiency leads to haemorrhages with petechiae, ecchymoses, sugillations and haematomas. Vitamin K deficiency occurs, for example, during therapy with Marcumar, cephalosporins, alcoholism, malabsorption, cholestasis, parenteral nutrition and is present in newborns.
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- Avoid triggering cause if possible. Stop medication. Substitution with phytomenadione (konakion MM) 10 mg p.o. or i.v.
- Substitution of fresh plasma for acute vitamin K deficiency bleeding.
- Newborn substitution: At the statutory examination (U1, U2 and U3) 2 mg konakion p.o. each
General therapyThis section has been translated automatically.
- The exact vitamin K amount/day is not known, 27 μg/day prevent the clinical symptoms of vitamin K deficiency.
- Occurrence: Vitamin K1: leafy vegetables (spinach, cabbage, cauliflower), pig liver. Vitamin K2: Formed by colon bacteria.
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Cephalosporins; Ecchymoses; Hematoma; Hemorrhagy; Sugillations; Vitamins skin changes;Disclaimer
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer