Oral contraceptives and fatal pulmonary embolism

Authors
Parkin, L Skegg, DCG Wilson, M Herbison, GP Paul, C
Citation
L. Parkin et al., Oral contraceptives and fatal pulmonary embolism, LANCET, 355(9221), 2000, pp. 2133-2134
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
355
Issue
9221
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2133 - 2134
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(20000617)355:9221<2133:OCAFPE>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In a national case-control study of fatal pulmonary embolism in New Zealand women of childbearing age, we estimated that current users of combined ora l contraceptives had a relative risk of 9.6 (95% CI 3.1-29.1). From nationa l distribution data, the absolute risk of death from pulmonary embolism in current users was estimated to be 10.5 per million woman-years.