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Loyal J, Shapiro ED. Refusal of Intramuscular Vitamin K by Parents of Newborns: A Review. Hosp Pediatr 2020; 10:286-294. [PMID: 32019806 DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2019-0228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In 2019, the American Academy of Pediatrics made public education about intramuscular vitamin K administration at birth a public health priority, partly in response to reports of refusal of intramuscular vitamin K by parents of newborns that led to vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). We reviewed the literature on the frequency of, reported reasons for, and factors associated with refusal of intramuscular vitamin K, incidence of VKDB in newborns who did not receive intramuscular vitamin K, and use of oral vitamin K to prevent VKDB. Without prophylaxis, estimates of the incidence per 100 000 births of VKDB range from 250 to 1700 for early VKDB and from 10.5 to 80 for late VKDB. The frequency of refusal of intramuscular vitamin K by parents ranged from 0% to 3.2% in US hospitals, up to 14.5% in home births, and up to 31.0% in birthing centers. Reported reasons for refusal were concern of harm from the injection, a desire to be natural, and a belief in alternative methods of prophylaxis. Parents who refused intramuscular vitamin K were more likely to refuse immunizations. Many different regimens were used for orally administered vitamin K; it is not clear which is best, but all are less effective than intramuscular vitamin K. VKDB is rare but can result in either neurologic sequelae or death. In addition to continued surveillance of the frequency of both refusal of intramuscular vitamin K and VKDB, a renewed focus on education of and collaboration with parents is needed to address this major public health threat.
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- Jaspreet Loyal
- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Vitamin K Deficiency Presenting in an Infant with an Anterior Mediastinal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Pediatr 2017; 2017:7628946. [PMID: 28280644 PMCID: PMC5322422 DOI: 10.1155/2017/7628946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We report a case of a 1-month-old infant with spontaneous thymic hemorrhage secondary to severe vitamin K deficiency. He was brought to medical attention due to scrotal bruising and during evaluation was noted to be tachypneic and hypoxemic. Chest X-ray revealed an enlarged cardiothymic silhouette, and a follow-up echocardiogram revealed a mass in the anterior mediastinum. Routine laboratory work-up revealed severe coagulopathy. Further questioning revealed the patient had not received prophylactic vitamin K at birth. The coagulopathy resolved with administration of vitamin K, and a biopsy confirmed the anterior mediastinal mass was due to spontaneous thymic hemorrhage.
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Santorino D, Siedner MJ, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Shearer MJ, Harrington DJ, Wariyar U. Prevalence and Predictors of Functional Vitamin K Insufficiency in Mothers and Newborns in Uganda. Nutrients 2015; 7:8545-52. [PMID: 26501317 PMCID: PMC4632428 DOI: 10.3390/nu7105408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) in infancy is a serious but preventable cause of mortality or permanent disability. Lack of epidemiologic data for VKDB in sub-Saharan Africa hinders development and implementation of effective prevention strategies. We used convenience sampling to consecutively enroll mothers delivering in a southwestern Uganda Hospital. We collected socio-demographic and dietary information, and paired samples of maternal venous and neonatal cord blood for the immunoassay of undercarboxylated prothrombin (PIVKA-II), a sensitive marker of functional vitamin K (VK) insufficiency. We used univariable and multivariable logistic regression models to identify predictors of VK insufficiency. We detected PIVKA-II of ≥0.2 AU (Arbitrary Units per mL)/mL (indicative of VK insufficiency) in 33.3% (47/141) of mothers and 66% (93/141) of newborns. Importantly, 22% of babies had PIVKA-II concentrations ≥5.0 AU/mL, likely to be associated with abnormal coagulation indices. We found no significant predictors of newborn VK insufficiency, including infant weight (AOR (adjusted odds ratio) 1.85, 95% CI (confidence interval) 0.15–22.49), gender (AOR 0.54, 95% CI 0.26–1.11), term birth (AOR 0.72, 95% CI 0.20–2.62), maternal VK-rich diet (AOR 1.13, 95% CI 0.55–2.35) or maternal VK insufficiency (AOR 0.99, 95% CI 0.47–2.10). VK insufficiency is common among mothers and newborn babies in southwestern Uganda, which in one fifth of babies nears overt deficiency. Lack of identifiable predictors of newborn VK insufficiency support strategies for universal VK prophylaxis to newborns to prevent VKDB.
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- Data Santorino
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Plot 8-18 Mbarara–Kabale Road, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda; (J.M.-A.); (U.W.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +256-71221-4456; Fax: +256-4852-0782
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- Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 125 Nashua Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA;
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Plot 8-18 Mbarara–Kabale Road, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda; (J.M.-A.); (U.W.)
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- Centre for Haemostasis and Thrombosis, St. Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK; (M.J.S.); (D.J.H.)
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- Centre for Haemostasis and Thrombosis, St. Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK; (M.J.S.); (D.J.H.)
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Plot 8-18 Mbarara–Kabale Road, P.O. Box 1410, Mbarara, Uganda; (J.M.-A.); (U.W.)
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Intracranial hemorrhages and late hemorrhagic disease associated cholestatic liver disease. Neurol Sci 2012; 34:51-6. [PMID: 22327309 PMCID: PMC3549408 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-0965-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Deficiency of vitamin K predisposes to early, classic or late hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN); of which late HDN may be associated with serious and life-threatening intracranial hemorrhage. Late HDN is characterized intracranial bleeding in infants aged 1 week to 6 months due to severe vitamin K deficiency. Late HDN is still an important cause of mortality and morbidity in developing countries where vitamin K prophylaxis is not routinely practiced. Children with cholestatic liver disease are at risk for developing secondary vitamin K deficiency because of fat malabsorbtion and inadequate dietary intake. In this study, we described 11 infants with cholestatic liver disease with different etiologies exhibiting intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Six patients underwent surgical evacuation of ICH, following the administration of vitamin K and/or fresh frozen plasma. The possibility of cholestatic liver disease should be considered in the treatment of ICH due to vitamin K deficiency.
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Vanakker OM, Martin L, Schurgers LJ, Quaglino D, Costrop L, Vermeer C, Pasquali-Ronchetti I, Coucke PJ, De Paepe A. Low serum vitamin K in PXE results in defective carboxylation of mineralization inhibitors similar to the GGCX mutations in the PXE-like syndrome. J Transl Med 2010; 90:895-905. [PMID: 20368697 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2010.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Soft-tissue mineralization is a tightly regulated process relying on the activity of systemic and tissue-specific inhibitors and promoters of calcium precipitation. Many of these, such as matrix gla protein (MGP) and osteocalcin (OC), need to undergo carboxylation to become active. This post-translational modification is catalyzed by the gammaglutamyl carboxylase GGCX and requires vitamin K (VK) as an essential co-factor. Recently, we described a novel phenotype characterized by aberrant mineralization of the elastic fibers resulting from mutations in GGCX. Because of the resemblance with pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a prototype disorder of elastic fiber mineralization, it was coined the PXE-like syndrome. As mutations in GGCX negatively affect protein carboxylation, it is likely that inactive inhibitors of calcification contribute to ectopic mineralization in PXE-like syndrome. Because of the remarkable similarities with PXE, we performed a comparative study of various forms of VK-dependent proteins in serum, plasma (using ELISA), and dermal tissues (using immunohistochemistry) of PXE-like and PXE patients using innovative, conformation-specific antibodies. Furthermore, we measured VK serum concentrations (using HPLC) in PXE-like and PXE samples to evaluate the VK status. In PXE-like patients, we noted an accumulation of uncarboxylated Gla proteins, MGP, and OC in plasma, serum, and in the dermis. Serum levels of VK were normal in these patients. In PXE patients, we found similar, although not identical results for the Gla proteins in the circulation and dermal tissue. However, the VK serum concentration in PXE patients was significantly decreased compared with controls. Our findings allow us to conclude that ectopic mineralization in the PXE-like syndrome and in PXE results from a deficient protein carboxylation of VK-dependent inhibitors of calcification. Although in PXE-like patients this is due to mutations in the GGCX gene, a deficiency of the carboxylation co-factor VK is at the basis of the decreased activity of calcification inhibitors in PXE.
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YILMAZ C, YUCA SA, YILMAZ N, BEKTAŞ MS, ÇAKSEN H. INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE DUE TO VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY IN INFANTS: A CLINICAL STUDY. Int J Neurosci 2009; 119:2250-6. [DOI: 10.3109/00207450903170437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) is a rare and potentially life-threatening bleeding disorder of early infancy. Vitamin K stores are low at birth; thereafter breast-fed infants are at risk because of low concentrations in human milk. Classical VKDB occurs in the first week of life, is related to delayed or inadequate feeding and is readily prevented by small doses of vitamin K at birth. Late VKDB peaks at 3-8 weeks, typically presents with intracranial haemorrhage often due to undiagnosed cholestasis with resultant malabsorption of vitamin K. Diagnosis can be difficult but PIVKA-II measurements can provide confirmation even several days post-treatment. Without vitamin K prophylaxis, the incidence of late VKDB in Europe is 4-7 cases per 10(5) births; it is higher in SE Asia where in rural, low-income areas some 0.1% of affected infants may suffer intracranial bleeding. Late VKDB is largely preventable with parenteral vitamin K providing the best protection. The efficacy of oral prophylaxis is related to the dose and frequency of administration. Most multi-dose oral regimens provide protection for all except a small reservoir of infants with undetected hepatobiliary disease. Targeted surveillance of high-risk groups (e.g. biliary atresia) offers a novel approach to assess efficacy of prophylaxis.
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- Martin J Shearer
- The Centre for Haemostasis and Thrombosis, St. Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, UK.
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Per H, Kumandaş S, Ozdemir MA, Gümüş H, Karakukcu M. Intracranial hemorrhage due to late hemorrhagic disease in two siblings. J Emerg Med 2006; 31:49-52. [PMID: 16798155 DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2005] [Accepted: 09/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Deficiency of vitamin K predisposes to early, classic or late hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN); late HDN may be associated with serious and life-threatening intracranial hemorrhage. Late HDN is characterized by intracranial bleeding in infants aged 1 week to 6 months due to severe vitamin K deficiency, occurring particularly in exclusively breastfed infants. Late HDN is still an important cause of mortality and morbidity in developing countries where vitamin K prophylaxis is not routinely practiced. In this study, we report on two siblings with intracranial bleeding who were fully breastfed without a routine supplementation of vitamin K. Vitamin K should be given to all newborns as a single, intramuscular dose of 1 mg.
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- Hüseyin Per
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey
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Policies for giving babies vitamin K prophylactically at birth have been dictated, over the last 60 years, more by what manufacturers decided on commercial grounds to put on the market, than by any informed understanding of what babies actually need, or how it can most easily be given. By a pure fluke a 1 mg IM dose, designed to prevent early vitamin deficiency bleeding ("haemorrhagic disease of the newborn") has been found to protect against late deficiency bleeding-a condition unrecognised at the time this policy took hold. Alternative strategies for oral prophylaxis are now opening up (see pp 109 and 113), but these are also, at the moment, dictated more by what the manufacturers choose to provide than by what would make for ease of delivery either in poor countries, or in the developed world.
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Salem N, Monastiri K, Bacha K, Guirat N, Sboui H, Jaidane S, Skouri H, Snoussi N. [Neonatal hemorrhagic syndromes]. Arch Pediatr 2001; 8:374-80. [PMID: 11339128 DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(00)00213-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of our study was to clarify the frequency of these causes. PATIENTS AND METHODS Retrospective study using reports of newborns in the neonatal unit in Sousse (Tunisia) from 1991 to 1996, hospitalized for hemorrhagic syndrome defined by bleeding, exteriorized or not, whatever its importance, severity, causes and the associated clinical and biological disorders. Isolated meningeal hemorrhages, limited cutaneo-mucous hemorrhages (conjunctival hemorrhages, bruises), and genital crises of the newborn, were excluded. RESULTS One hundred and fifty-five hemorrhagic syndromes were observed from 7,128 newborn infants (2.17% of hospitalization). Sex ratio was 1.42. Prematurity rate was 35.7%. The Apgar score was < 7 at one minute in 40.7% of cases. Disorders associated with hemorrhagic syndromes were observed in 118 newborn infants (76.1%) with a predominance of neonatal infections (35.6%). The etiology of neonatal hemorrhages was specified in 93% of cases: newborn hemorrhagic disease (27.7%), disseminated intravascular coagulation (27.1%), isolated thrombocytopenia (9%), digestive lesions (13.5%), and obstetrical trauma (2.6%). CONCLUSION The frequency of the newborns hemorrhagic syndromes underlines the need for its systematic prevention by vitamin K in the antenatal period to the mother and after birth to the newborn.
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- N Salem
- Service de néonatologie, hôpital Farhat-Hached, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie
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Crawford P, Appleton R, Betts T, Duncan J, Guthrie E, Morrow J. Best practice guidelines for the management of women with epilepsy. The Women with Epilepsy Guidelines Development Group. Seizure 1999; 8:201-17. [PMID: 10452918 DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Clinical guidelines for the treatment of epilepsy have been published. A statement on management issues for women with epilepsy has recently been produced by the American Academy of Neurology which has raised awareness of the issues facing women with epilepsy. The communication presented here aims to review current literature on specific issues relating to women with epilepsy, and proposes graded recommendations for its management within a UK health care framework.
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- Department of Neurology, York District Hospital, Wigginton Road, York, YO3 7HE, UK
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