Health history data obtained from a woman who is interested in oral contraceptives are listed below. Which data would indicate that this woman should not take oral contraceptives?
a. Smoked cigarettes for 8 years; quit 10 years ago
b. Both parents died of strokes in their seventies
c. Has asthma that is treated with bronchodilators
d. Had thrombophlebitis after abdominal surgery
ANS: D
A history of thrombophlebitis contraindicates the use of oral contraceptives. Past smoking, cause of parental deaths, and asthma are not contraindications.
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