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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Effect of oral contraceptives on blood coagulation and liver tests.

(Abstract only)

AUTHORS

Halbrecht J; Rubinstein J; Menache R; Creter D

SOURCE

Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 9(4): 564-565. April 1973.

ABSTRACT

Studies on oral contraceptives, before and after treatment during different periods throughout 4 years, were carried out

on 40 women. The following tests were done: 1) 1st stage of coagulation: bleeding time, platelet count, platelets

aggregation test, platelets adhesiveness, clot retraction, and prothrombin consumption index. 2) 2nd stage of

coagulation: Quick's prothrombin and thrombin time. 3) 3rd stage of coagulation: fibrinogen, Factor 13 (fibrinogen-

stabilizing factor), euglobulin lysis time, whole blood clot-lysis time, and fibrinogen degradation products. A test

including all 3 stages was the kaolin-activated partial-thromboplastin time (PTT) test. Also, calcium concentration

and the clotting time in glass tube were determined and a thromboelastogram was made on platelet-rich plasma.

Blood was taken on the same day for the determination of serum proteins, bilrubin, and the activity of alkaline

phosphatase and glutamate pyruvate aminotransferase (GPT). The coagulation tests were within normal limits

during the treatment, except for the clotting time and the PTT, which were within lower limits of the normal range,

indicating a tendency to hypercoagulation. The platelet count was normal, but the ADP-induced adhesiveness was

increased. The thromboelastogram showed a shortening of r. Liver function tests were within normal limits in all

cases. Conclusion: The oral contraceptive treatment may induce slight hypercoagulability, a finding which is in

accordance with other studies on the same subject. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 574-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Effect of oral contraceptives on blood coagulation and liver

tests. (Abstract only)", is(are) Halbrecht J; Rubinstein J; Menache R; Creter D. The source of this article is "Israel

Journal of Medical Sciences 9(4): 564-565. April 1973.". This article was published in 1973 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 574-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35574

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