Association of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Therapy and Vitamin E Supplementation with Vitamin K Deficiency-Induced Coagulopathy: A Case Report and Narrative Review of the Literature

Association of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Therapy and Vitamin E Supplementation with Vitamin K Deficiency-Induced Coagulopathy: A Case Report and Narrative Review of the Literature

Vitamin K is a lipid-soluble vitamin that is normally maintained within appropriate levels by means of dietary intake and bacterial production in the intestinal microflora. It holds a central role in coagulation homeostasis, and thus its depletion leads to hypocoagulation and haemorrhagic diathesis....

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Main Authors: Andreas M. Matthaiou, Ioannis Tomos, Sofia Chaniotaki, Dimitrios Liakopoulos, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Sofia Koukidou, Loredana-Mariana Gheorghe, Stefanos Eskioglou, Angeliki Paspalli, Georgios Hillas, Katerina Dimakou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of Personalized Medicine
Subjects:
vitamin K
antibiotics
vitamin E
international normalised ratio
prothrombin time
coagulopathy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/13/9/1349

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