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La anticoncepción de emergencia es menos efectiva en mujeres con obesidad / Emergency contraception is less effective in women with obesity
Teste, María.
  • Teste, María; Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. AR
Evid. actual. práct. ambul ; 19(3): 97-98, 2016. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-1151451
RESUMEN
La anticoncepción de emergencia se refiere al uso de medicación o a la inserción de un dispositivo intrauterino de cobre para prevenir el embarazo luego de una relación sexual no protegida o del fallo de un método anticonceptivo, en una mujer que no desea el embarazo. De entre las alternativas farmacológicas del método, se estima que el uso de levonorgestrel prevendría el 50% de los embarazos. A partir de una viñeta clínica, en la cual se describe el caso de una paciente obesa que resultó embarazada luego de utilizar anticoncepción hormonal de emergencia tras una relación sexual no protegida, se realizó una búsqueda bibliográfica para establecer la efectividad del método en pacientes con esta característica (obesidad). La búsqueda identificó un metaanálisis que relacionó al triple la probabilidad de embarazo en pacientes con índice de masa corporal superior a 30 kg/m2 que utilizaron anticoncepción de emergencia hormonal. (AU)
ABSTRACT
Emergency contraception refers to the use of medication or the insertion of a copper intrauterine device to prevent pregnancy after the occurance of unprotected sex intercourse or failure of a contraceptive method in a woman who does not desire pregnancy. Among the pharmacological alternatives of the method it is estimated that the use of levonorgestrel prevents 50% of pregnancies. From a clinical vignette, in which the case of an obese patient who became pregnant using hormonal emergency contraception after unprotected sex intercourse is described, a literature search was conducted to establish the effectiveness of the method in patients with this feature (obesity). The search identified a metaanalysis that shows an incresed probability (threetimes) of pregnancy in patients with body mass index greater than 30 kg/m2 that used hormonal emergency contraception. Emergency contraception is less effective in women with obesity. (AU)
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Contraceptives, Postcoital, Hormonal / Contraceptives, Postcoital, Synthetic / Obesity Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study / Risk factors / Systematic reviews Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Pregnancy Language: Spanish Journal: Evid. actual. práct. ambul Journal subject: Medicine / Delivery of Health Care Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires/AR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Contraceptives, Postcoital, Hormonal / Contraceptives, Postcoital, Synthetic / Obesity Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study / Risk factors / Systematic reviews Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Pregnancy Language: Spanish Journal: Evid. actual. práct. ambul Journal subject: Medicine / Delivery of Health Care Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: Argentina Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires/AR