Newborns routinely receive a vitamin K injection to prevent life-threatening bleeding, a critical safeguard recommended since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More parents are refusing a shot typically given at birth to reduce the risk of infant bleeding, a study recently published in the ...

Background and aim: A prospective cross sectional observational study to determine incidence and pattern of minor bleeding in neonates with severe neonatal thrombocytopenia (SNT) defined as platelet ...

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) is a disorder that affects pregnant people and their fetuses. It occurs when the birthing parent’s immune system produces antibodies that attack and destroy ...

Biomedical researchers have designed an injectable microgel to help reduce bleeding in infants who require surgical care. In an animal model, the engineered microgel reduced bleeding by at least 50%.

In addition, the systemic coagulation and bleeding may also present as petechiae, purpura, ecchymoses, or hematomas. Ischemic damage related to thrombosis could manifest as cyanosis, as well as ...

Infant deaths from severe bleeding are rising, linked to parents declining the vitamin K shot at birth. A ProPublica report found most of these deaths could have been prevented with the injection, ...

A paediatrician, Ayobola Adebowale, known as Your Baby Doctor, has explained that some newborn girls may experience light bleeding shortly after birth, a condition medically known as pseudo ...

Disseminated intravascular coagulation is a bleeding disorder characterized by two seemingly opposite conditions. As a caregiver in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), it is not uncommon to think ...