Blood Coagulation Disorders

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

Created January 2008

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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:   May 2008
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:   Aug 2006
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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