Intraventricular Hemorrhage Due to Coagulopathy After Vitamin K Administration in a Preterm Infant With Maternal Crohn Disease.
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| Abstract | :  Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is a devastating morbidity in preterm infants and can result in poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. Intraventricular hemorrhage usually occurs within 72 hours after birth; post-acute-phase IVH (>1 week after birth) is uncommon. Development of the hemostatic system in fetuses and neonates is an age-dependent evolving process, and the neonatal hemostatic system is characterized by low levels of vitamin K-dependent factors, with further reduction caused by prematurity. Importantly, a severe coagulation deficiency can be a major contributing factor of IVH. Active maternal Crohn disease (CD) during pregnancy causes malnutrition via enteral malabsorption; this may include vitamin K deficiency, resulting in fetal vitamin K deficiency. We herein describe a preterm infant who was born to a mother with CD and developed post-acute-phase IVH due to coagulopathy despite vitamin K administration. | 
| Year of Publication | :  0 | 
| Journal | :  Japanese clinical medicine | 
| Volume | :  8 | 
| Number of Pages | :  1179670717746333 | 
| Date Published | :  2017 | 
| DOI | :  10.1177/1179670717746333 | 
| Short Title | :  Jpn Clin Med | 
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