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Medicine: vitamin K1
Prescribing competence required for Year 6Indication(s):
prophylaxis/treatment haemorrhagic disease of the newborn, warfarin reversal, vitamin K deficiency
prophylaxis/treatment haemorrhagic disease of the newborn, warfarin reversal, vitamin K deficiency
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Mechanism(s):
cofactor for gamma-glutamyl carboxylase (catalyses carboxylation of glutamic acid residues on vitamin K-dependent proteins)
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