Terminology. Replace the term “Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn”(HDN) by “Vitamin K
Deficiency Bleeding”(VKDB), as neonatal bleeding is often not due to VK-deficiency and …

OBJECTIVE--To determine the incidence of haemorrhagic disease of the newborn in the
British Isles, study risk factors, and examine the effect of vitamin K prophylaxis. DESIGN …

The presentation, pattern of acute illness, and incidence of learning difficulties are described
in 63 (33 boys, 30 girls) children with salt wasting 21-hydroxylase deficiency, drawn from a …

One hundred and seven healthy, breast fed infants received 1 mg vitamin K1 either at birth
(orally or intramuscularly) or with the first feed (orally). Venous blood samples collected in …

Haemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn Returns : Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
Haemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn Returns : Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey Log in or …

Public confidence in the safety of vitamin K prophylaxis by intramuscular injection has been
severely shaken by the reported association with later childhood malignancy. There is now …

We would like to report the use of liposomal amphotericin in eradicating mucormycosis in
two patients who had relapsed acute leukaemia. The first patient with relapsed acute …

In 1992 an unexpected association was reported between intramuscular vitamin K
prophylaxis in the neonatal period and later childhood cancer. 1 Although unconfirmed, the …

By 1950, haemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN) seemed fairly well understood. It
caused spontaneous bleeding in the early days of life, typically in breast fed infants, and was …

DISCUSSION Five per cent of hiatus hernias are para-oesophageal but the vast majority are
believed to be acquired rather than truly congenital. They involve the greater curvature of the …