Bersani Iliana, De Carolis Maria Pia, Salvi Silvia, Zecca Enrico, Romagnoli Costantino, De Carolis Sara
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli 8, Rome, Italy.
Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2011 Jun;22(4):334-6. doi: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328345c04c.
Bariatric surgery has become a common therapeutic approach for severe obesity, in case of unsuccessful behavioural and/or medical interventions. During the past years, the number of obese women who underwent bariatric surgery in childbearing age has progressively increased. We report a case of vitamin K deficiency, due to maternal biliopancreatic diversion, resulting in a symptomatic clinical presentation in the mother and in a hypocoagulable state in her neonate.
