fatal pulmonary embolism and oral contraceptive pill
Last reviewed 01/2018
In a case-control study of 26 young women who died of pulmonary embolism:
- the relative risk of death from pulmonary embolism was 9.6 in those taking the OCP
- the absolute risk was 10.5 per million women-years
Reference:
- 1) Parkin, L., Skegg, DCG, et al. (2000). Oral contraceptives and fatal pulmonary embolism. Lancet 355, 2133-4.