PUERPERAL THROMBOEMBOLISM AND SUPPRESSION OF LACTATION

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(67)90117-1

The Lancet

Volume 290, Issue 7510, 5 August 1967, Pages 287-289

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Abstract

The effect of suppression of lactation on the development of puerperal thromboembolism has been examined in 9324 women delivered in Cardiff in 1965 and 1966 who suffered 44 episodes. The incidence of thromboembolism was influenced by the age and parity of the mother, but even when allowance is made for these factors there was still a significantly higher incidence in the patients who had had lactation suppressed, There was a tenfold increase in low-parity women aged 25 and older who were not lactating compared with those who were. All 8 cases of pulmonary embolism were in women who were not lactating.

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