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Keeping ‘koagulated’ with vitamin K

September 2018

Shaun Holt

Friday 24 August 2018, 12:00 PM

Dark green, leafy plants like spinach and kale contain lots of vitamin K1

The K in vitamin K comes from the Danish word for blood clotting, “koagulation”, and doctors often use the mnemonic “k for koagulation” to remember it

References

Sutor, A. H., von Kries, R., Cornelissen, M. E., McNinch, A. W., & Andrew, M. (1999). Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) in infancy. Thrombosis and haemostasis, 81(03), 456-46
Darlow, B. A., Phillips, A. A., & Dickson, N. P. (2011). New Zealand surveillance of neonatal vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB): 1998–2008. Journal of paediatrics and child health, 47(7), 460-464.
Vitamin K Prophylaxis in the Newborn http://www.medsafe.govt. nz/profs/PUarticles/vitk.htm, accessed 26/7/18
Kuwabara, A., Tanaka, K., Tsugawa, N., Nakase, H., Tsuji, H., Shide, K., ... & Kido, S. (2009). High prevalence of vitamin K and D deficiency and decreased BMD in inflammatory bowel disease. Osteoporosis International, 20(6), 935-942.
Beker, L. T., Ahrens, R. A., Fink, R. J., O'Brien, M. E., Davidson, K. W., Sokoll, L. J., & Sadowski, J. A. (1997). Effect of vitamin K1 supplementation on vitamin K status in cystic fibrosis patients. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 24(5), 512-517.
Shearer, M. J., Bechtold, H., Andrassy, K., Koderisch, J., McCarthy, P. T., Trenk, D., ... & Ritz, E. (1988). Mechanism of cephalosporin‐induced hypoprothrombinemia: relation to cephalosporin side chain, vitamin K metabolism, and vitamin K status. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 28(1), 88-95.

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