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Blood Coagulation Disorders
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Reviewed August 2011
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| Title: | Vitamin K at birth |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Giving newborn babies Vitamin K at birth can prevent a rare bleeding problem called Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding, or VKDB. |
| Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Title: | Vitamin K and newborn babies |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Vitamin K is needed for blood clotting. Babies are born with very small amounts of vitamin K in their bodies. This means they are at risk of haemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN). As a preventive measure, babies are routinely given vitamin K injections at birth. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Pharmacological treatment for disseminated intravascular coagulation in patients with acute and chronic leukemia |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a thrombo-hemorrhagic complication (involving blood clotting or bleeding) characterized by deposition of fibrin (a fibrous protein) in the bloodstream, which occurs in the course of various diseases includ... |
| Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Title: | Pre-procedure assessment of blood clotting function - summary |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Adequate blood clotting is very important if you are about to have a surgical procedure. Modern surgical techniques have resulted in an overall decrease in significant bleeding, but there has been an increase in blood clotting abnormalities that develop after exposure to an agent or compound. |
| Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Title: | There is no evidence from randomised clinical trials to establish the beneficial or harmful effects of antifibrinolytic amino acids for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with liver disease plus acquired coagulation disorders |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the most frequent causes of morbidity and mortality in the course of liver cirrhosis. Patients with liver disease frequently have haemostatic abnormalities, which include hyperfibrinolysis. Antifibrinolytic amin... |
| Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Title: | Interventions for haemolytic uraemic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This review also showed that in patients with typical or diarrhoea associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome, there are no interventions that are superior to supportive therapy which includes control of fluid and electrolyte imbalance, use of dialysis if r... |
| Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Title: | Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic purpura |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic purpura by professional health specialists. |
| Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Title: | Petechiae skin purpura |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of petechiae by professional health specialists. |
| Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Title: | Factor V Leiden |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of factor V Leiden written by professional medical specialists. |
| Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Title: | Disseminated intravascular coagulation |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of disseminated intravascular coagulation written by professional medical specialists. |
| Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Title: | Prophylactic vitamin K for vitamin K deficiency bleeding in neonates |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Vitamin K injection can prevent hemorrhagic disease of the newborn. Vitamin K helps the blood to clot but the body's capacity to store it is very low. Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN) is caused by a deficiency of Vitamin K in newborns and result... |
| Date: | Aug 2000 |
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