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Vitamin K is an essential cofactor for gamma-glutamyl carboxylase, an enzyme that carboxylates coagulation factors 2, 7, 9, 10. Vit. K deficiency can result in life threatening bleeding diathesis, such as intercranial hemorrhage, perfuse GI bleeding, umbilicus & surgical sites. Give Vit K at birth.