Unforeseen uses of oral contraceptive pills: Exploratory study in Jordanian community pharmacies
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Renal infarction due to oral contraceptive pills
A previously healthy, 35-year-old woman, mother of two children, presented with a 3-day history of abdominal discomfort, vomiting and anuria for 2 days. She had no history of diabetes or hypertension. She had been using a combination of ethinylestradiol and drospirenone as a contraceptive for the previous 3 years. Her investigations at presentation were: serum creatinine: 7.9 mg/dL (698 lmol/L)...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244373