Vitamin K and Intracranial bleeding

Posted by Chantel M. Contributed by US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

According to the study of "Intracranial bleeding due to vitamin K deficiency: advantages of using a pediatric intensive care registry" by Visser DY, Jansen NJ, Ijland MM, de Koning TJ, van Hasselt PM., posted in US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health,

researchers found that The PICE registry allows ongoing monitoring of the incidence of late intracranial VKDB (vitamin K deficiency bleeding ) and appears to be associated with a higher rate of completeness than general surveillance. We propose the use of pediatric intensive care registries to assess the efficacy of national vitamin K prophylactic regimens.