Vitamin K deficiency: Difference between revisions
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Is cofactor for vit k dependent clotting factors 2 | #Is cofactor for vit k dependent clotting factors 2, 7, 9, 10 | ||
# used by liver | ##used by liver | ||
# fat soluble | ##fat soluble | ||
==DDX (Low)== | |||
# | # Nutritional def | ||
# | # Malabsorption | ||
# | ##Since is fat soluble | ||
# Cholestasis | |||
##need bile salts to absorb vit k | |||
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==See Also== | |||
*[[Warfarin (Coumadin) Reversal]] | |||
*[[Coagulation Disorders]] | |||
[[Category:Drugs]] | [[Category:Drugs]] | ||
[[Category:Heme/Onc]] | [[Category:Heme/Onc]] | ||
Revision as of 22:44, 17 December 2011
Background
- Is cofactor for vit k dependent clotting factors 2, 7, 9, 10
- used by liver
- fat soluble
DDX (Low)
- Nutritional def
- Malabsorption
- Since is fat soluble
- Cholestasis
- need bile salts to absorb vit k