Vitamin K deficiency: Difference between revisions

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##fat soluble
##fat soluble


==DDX (Low)==
==DDX (Deficiency)==
# Nutritional def
# Nutritional def
# Malabsorption
# Malabsorption
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##need bile salts to absorb vit k
##need bile salts to absorb vit k


 
==Treatment (Deficiency)==
#FFP
#Consider Vitamin K
##Takes 24hrs to affect & 2wk to wear off


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 22:46, 17 December 2011

Background

  1. Is cofactor for vit k dependent clotting factors 2, 7, 9, 10
    1. used by liver
    2. fat soluble

DDX (Deficiency)

  1. Nutritional def
  2. Malabsorption
    1. Since is fat soluble
  3. Cholestasis
    1. need bile salts to absorb vit k

Treatment (Deficiency)

  1. FFP
  2. Consider Vitamin K
    1. Takes 24hrs to affect & 2wk to wear off

See Also

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