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Table 1 Patient case scenarios

From: Pharmacists’ clinical knowledge and practice in the safe use of contraceptives: real knowledge vs. self-perception and the implications

Case scenario 1

Case scenario 2

26-year-old woman

16-year-old girl

Planning a trip to the USA in two days

Had unprotected sex 4 nights ago

Unexplained swelling and severe pain in calf of one leg

Long-term boyfriend; interrupt intercourse as contraception

Morning headache

Never went to gynecologist

No leg trauma, no chronic conditions

Religious family

Smoker

Smoker

Taking aCOC regularly

 
  1. aCOC combined oral contraceptive