18. Deficiency Of Vitamin K In
The Newborn
Newborns
STERILE INTESTINES
Initially Lack The Bacteria
That Synthesize Vitamin K.
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19. Deficiency Of Vitamin K In
The Newborn
Human Milk Provides
Only About
One Fifth
Of The Daily Requirement
For Vitamin K
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20. Deficiency Of Vitamin K In The
Newborn
Recommended
That All Newborns
Receive A Single
Intramuscular Dose Of
Vitamin K As Prophylaxis
Against Hemorrhagic
Disease
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21. Function of vitamin K
• Formation of
γ-CARBOXYGLUTAMATE (Gla)
• Vitamin K is required in
Hepatic Synthesis
OF
Blood Clotting Factors
II
(Prothrombin)
vii, IX, X 21
22. Function of vitamin K
Clotting Factors
Synthesized
As
Inactive Precursor
Molecules 22
23. Function of vitamin K
Formation of the clotting
factors
requires
vitamin ‘k’ dependent
carboxylation of glutamic
acid residues
to gla residues 23
40. Distribution and requirement of
vitamin K
• There Is Also Extensive
Synthesis Of The Vitamin By
The Bacteria In The Gut
• RDA For Vitamin K Is 120 Μ
G/Day For Adult Males And 90
Μg For Adult Females
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