Vitamin K deficiency developing in patients with renal failure treated with cephalosporin antibiotics

Reddy, J.; Bailey, R.R.

New Zealand Medical Journal 92(672): 378-379

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-8446
PMID: 6937763
Document Number: 155920
Five patients developed vitamin K-related abnormalities in blood coagulation during treatment with parenteral cephalosporin or cephamycin antibiotics. All the patients had significantly impaired renal function and complicated medical problems. The coagulation defect was corrected with vitamin K.

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