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Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn
Also known as vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB), is a coagulation disturbance in newborn infants due to vitamin K deficiency.
Symptoms:
- Warning bleeds, which may seem insignificant
- Low weight for your baby’s age
- Slow increase in weight
Preliminary plan:
- Pediatrician appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Reticulocyte count
- Urinalysis
- Blood group + RhD
- Stool analysis - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
- Blood test:
- Latent iron-binding capacity
- Iron
- Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)
- Transferrin
- Ferritin
- Folic acid (folates)
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Glucose
- Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Bilirubin (total, direct)
- Blood clotting test:
- Prothrombin ratio (PR) / International normalized ratio (INR)
- Fibrinogen
- Thrombin time
- aPTT
- Antithrombin III (AT-III)
- D-dimer
- Lupus anti-coagulant
- Protein C
- Protein S, free
- Coagulogram
- Brain ultrasound (Neurosonography)
Doctors
Pediatrician
