Offsite Research:
Coagulopathy secondary to vitamin K deficiency in hyperemesis gravidarum.
Robinson JN, Banerjee R, Thiet MP.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. (e-mail: jnrobinson@bics.bwh.harvard.edu)
Obstetrics & Gynecology 1998 Oct;92(4 Pt 2):673-5.
Vitamin K deficiency and coagulopathy should be considered in women with hyperemesis gravidarum who present with a bleeding diathesis. Prophylactic vitamin K replacement should be considered in cases in which hyperemesis is severe and protracted.
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