Repeated Pregnancy Wastage

Thrombophilia-associated pregnancy wastage.

OBJECTIVE To critically review the literature regarding inherited thrombophilia and recurrent fetal loss. DESIGN English-language literature review. PATIENT(S) Women who experienced repeated pregnancy wastage. INTERVENTION(S) Aspirin, glucocorticoids, heparin, and IV immunoglobulin for the prevention of miscarriage. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Live birth, miscarriage, preeclampsia, and preg...

Fibroids, infertility and pregnancy wastage.

Uterine fibroids are often found in women of reproductive age. Different types of fibroids may affect reproductive outcome to a different extent, with submucous, intramural and subserosal fibroids being (in decreasing order of importance) a cause of infertility and pregnancy wastage. Fibroids may also produce a number of complications during pregnancy. Women who are scheduled for assisted conce...

Antichlamydial Antibodies, Human Fertility, and Pregnancy Wastage

Genital infections with Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) continue to be a worldwide epidemic. Immune response to chlamydia is important to both clearance of the disease and disease pathogenesis. Interindividual responses and current chlamydial control programs will have enormous effects on this disease and its control strategies. Humoral immune response to C. trachomatis occurs in humans ...

Pregnancy wastage associated with paracentric inversion of chromosome 13.

Stress and anxiety do not result in pregnancy wastage.

The association between stress and reproductive outcome is unclear. In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is psychologically stressful and has been shown to alter psychological markers such as cortisol, prolactin and progesterone. This study was designed to assess prospectively psychological and physiological markers of stress and to determine if they are related to pregnancy outcome. Forty patients wer...