Vitamin K deficiency in cancer patients referred to a hospital palliative care team with bleeding and the impact of vitamin K replacement on laboratory indicators of vitamin K status

Int J Lab Hematol. 2013 Aug;35(4):457-9. doi: 10.1111/ijlh.12035. Epub 2012 Dec 7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / blood
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / complications
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / blood
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Palliative Care*
  • Pilot Projects
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vitamin K / blood
  • Vitamin K / therapeutic use*
  • Vitamin K Deficiency / blood
  • Vitamin K Deficiency / complications
  • Vitamin K Deficiency / pathology
  • Vitamin K Deficiency / therapy*

Substances

  • Vitamin K