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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 48
| Issue : 4 | Page : 455-457 |
A clinically suspected case of Anaphylactoid reaction to vitamin K injection in a child – a case report and review of literature
Bharat Choudhary1, Sweta Kumari2, Bhavna Dhingra1, Ratinder Jhaj2
1 Department of Pediatrics, All Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 Department of Pharmacology, All Institute of Medical Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Bharat Choudhary
Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.186216
Vitamin K is commonly indicated in pediatric patients with coagulopathies. Its commercial preparations are available in the market since long. Minor complications are very well-known, but life-threatening events are rarely reported in children. We present a case of 8-year-old child who developed life-threatening event following intravenous Vitamin K injection. She was survived after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The reaction was most probably due to anaphylactoid reaction to Vitamin K.
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