vitamin K deficiency bleeding

Term ID

DOID:11249

Synonyms

• deficiency of vitamin K
• vitamin K deficiency
• vitamin K deficiency hemorrhagic disease

Definition

A nutritional deficiency disease that is characterized by easy bleeding due to an inability to form blood clots caused by vitamin K deficiency, occurs most commonly in newborns, and has_material_basis_in deficiency of vitamin K secondary to liver prematurity, lack of vitamin K in a breastmilk diet, largely sterile gut, malabsorption, diarrhea, chronic illness, menorrhagia, chronic kidney disease, and some medications. (4)

References

• ICD10CM:E56.1
• ICD9CM:269.0
• MESH:D014813
• NCI:C99108
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:52675005
• UMLS_CUI:C0042880

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:11249 )