03-10-2008, 04:02 PM
A term infant is born at home and does well with breast-feeding. Two days later, the mother calls frantically because the baby is bleeding from the umbilical cord and nostrils. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the bleeding?
A. Deficiency of vitamin C due to a citrus-poor diet during pregnancy
B. Hypervitaminosis A due to ingestion of beef liver during pregnancy
C. Deficiency of vitamin K because infant intestines are sterile
D. Deficiency of vitamin K because of disseminated intravascular coagulation (disseminated clotting due to infantile sepsis)
E. Deficiency of vitamin E due to maternal malabsorption during pregnancy
A. Deficiency of vitamin C due to a citrus-poor diet during pregnancy
B. Hypervitaminosis A due to ingestion of beef liver during pregnancy
C. Deficiency of vitamin K because infant intestines are sterile
D. Deficiency of vitamin K because of disseminated intravascular coagulation (disseminated clotting due to infantile sepsis)
E. Deficiency of vitamin E due to maternal malabsorption during pregnancy