Combined oral contraceptives: venous thrombosis

de Bastos, Marcos; H. Stegeman, Bernardine; R. Rosendaal, Frits; van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid; M. Helmerhorst, Frans; Stijnen, Theo; M Dekkers, Olaf

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd010813.pub2

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Combined oral contraceptives: venous thrombosis

Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Mar 3, 2014

Authors:

Marcos de Bastos

Bernardine H. Stegeman

Frits R. Rosendaal

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use has been associated with venous thrombosis (VT) (i.e., deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism). The VT risk has been evaluated for many estrogen doses and progestagen types contained in COC but no comprehensive comparison involving commonly us...

Subject

Medicine

Venous thrombosis

Pulmonary embolism

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