Vitamin K and Reduced Intracranial Hemorrhage

• Vitamin K Biochemistry and Pharmacokinetics: The Basis of Late Vitamin K Deficiency Intracranial Bleeding in Early Infancy.

  • 2026-04-29
  • Review
  • International journal of molecular sciences 27(9)
  • • Serafina Perrone
    • Virginia Beretta
    • Vincenzo Raitano
    • Liana Cerioni
    • Silvia Carloni

  • PubMed: 42123580
  • DOI: 10.3390/ijms27094000

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Intracranial Hemorrhage

  • Moderate evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  Despite effective prophylaxis at birth, late VKDB cases still occur, likely due to declining vitamin K levels over time and nutritional factors.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No