phytonadione /phy·to·na·di·one/ (fi-to″nah-di´ōn) vitamin K1: a vitamin found in green plants or prepared synthetically, used as a prothrombinogenic agent.
phytonadione.
phytonadione (fī´tōn
dī´ōn),
phytonadione.
1 See vitamin K1.
2 an agent used to promote the production of prothrombin to treat hypoprothrombinemia. It is administered via the oral and parenteral routes.
phytonadione (fī´tōn
dī´ōn),n (vitamin K1)
brand names: AquaMEPHYTON, Konakion, Mephyton;
drug class: vitamin K1, fat-soluble vitamin;
action: needed for adequate blood clotting (factors II, VII, IX, X);
uses: vitamin K malabsorption, hypoprothrombinemia, prevention of hypoprothrombinemia caused by oral anticoagulants.
brand names: AquaMEPHYTON, Konakion, Mephyton;
drug class: vitamin K1, fat-soluble vitamin;
action: needed for adequate blood clotting (factors II, VII, IX, X);
uses: vitamin K malabsorption, hypoprothrombinemia, prevention of hypoprothrombinemia caused by oral anticoagulants.
phytonadione
vitamin K.
phytomenadione, phytonadione
vitamin K1; a naturally occurring form of vitamin K obtained from plants; used as an antidote in poisoning by warfarin and other anticoagulant rodenticides.
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