Vitamin K deficiency with hemorrhage after kidney and combined kidney-pancreas transplantation.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-1-1999
Abstract
Vitamin K deficiency is a common occurrence in the surgical and intensive care unit population, but its incidence in kidney and combined kidney-pancreas allograft recipients has not been described. We report four patients who received cadaveric kidney or combined kidney-pancreas allografts and subsequently developed significant bleeding associated with deficiency of vitamin K. Their coagulopathy promptly resolved with the parenteral administration of vitamin K. Treatment with vitamin K should be considered in kidney or combined kidney-pancreas allograft recipients with a prolonged prothrombin or partial thromboplastin time during the first postoperative week to avoid hemorrhagic complications.
Volume
33
Issue
5
First Page
963
Last Page
965
ISSN
1523-6838
Published In/Presented At
Prasad, G. V., Abidi, S. M., McCauley, J., & Johnston, J. R. (1999). Vitamin K deficiency with hemorrhage after kidney and combined kidney-pancreas transplantation. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 33(5), 963–965. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0272-6386(99)70433-6
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
10213656
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article