Blood Coagulation Disorders

Follow the links below to find information about blood coagulation disorders, including haemophilia.

Reviewed February 2009

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Title:   Vitamin K and newborn babies
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 2009

Title:   Antifibrinolytic amino acids for acquired coagulation disorders in patients with liver disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Randomised clinical trials with antifibrinolytic amino acids for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with liver disease plus acquired coagulation disorders could not be found....
Date:   Dec 2008

Title:   Interventions for haemolytic uraemic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
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
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:   Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura ITP
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, ITP by professional health specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Disseminated intravascular coagulation
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
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   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 results in life-threatening bleeding in an infant in the first hours to m...
Date:   Aug 2000
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