Prevalence of subclinical Vitamin K deficiency in early infancy in exclusively breast-fed term infants Jain G, Adhikari K M, Vasnik GK, Singh D, Somasundaram V, Gupta R, Dudeja P, Shaw SC, - J Indian Prosthodont Soc

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Prevalence of subclinical Vitamin K deficiency in early infancy in exclusively breast-fed term infants Gitanjali Jain¹, KM Adhikari², Gautam Kumar Vasnik³, Daljit Singh⁴, Venkatesan Somasundaram⁵, Rakesh Gupta⁶, Puja Dudeja⁷, Subhash Chandra Shaw⁴ ¹ Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India ² Department of Pediatrics, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India ³ Department of Pathology, Base Hospital, Delhi, Cantt, India ⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Army Hospital (R and R), Delhi, India ⁵ Department of Pathology, Army Hospital (R and R), Delhi, India ⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India ⁷ Department of Community Medicine, Army College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, Cantt, India Correspondence Address: Subhash Chandra Shaw, Department of Pediatrics, Army Hospital (R and R), Delhi - 110 010 India Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/jmms.jmms_75_22

Background: Late Vitamin K deficiency bleeding, is a disease of exclusively breast-fed infants attributable to poor content of Vitamin K in breast milk. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of subclinical Vitamin K deficiency, at 3 months of age in exclusively breast-fed term infants who were administered routine Vitamin K 1 mg intramuscular at birth. Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted between June 2018 and June 2020 in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Western India. Consecutive inborn infants, having received Injection Vitamin K at birth and on exclusive breast feeds attending immunization at 3 months of age were included. Half milliliter of venous blood was withdrawn for the estimation of Proteins Induced by Vitamin K Absence or Antagonist-II (PIVKA-II). Subclinical Vitamin K deficiency was defined as PIVKA-II level of more than 2 ng/mL. Results: The mean age of infants was 3.2 ± 0.2 months and the PIVKA II levels ranged from 0.19 to 10.07 ng/ml. Subclinical Vitamin K deficiency was present in 62 (32.63%) out of 190 infants. Conclusion: Significantly raised PIVKA II levels (>2 ng/mL) were detectable in 32.6% of infants after 3 months of age who had received 1 mg of Vitamin K at birth.

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