Objective: To investigate the effect of improved air quality on IVF and subsequent embryo development. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Hospital-based IVF facility composed of an anteroom, a cleanroom, and an adjacent operating room. Patient(s): Two-hundred seventy-five couples requesting IVF between 1993 and 1997. Intervention(s): None. Main Outcome Measure(s): Particle counts (siz...

Received June 24, 2002; revised and accepted July 19, 2002. Reprint requests: Pak H. Chung, M.D., The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 505 East 70 Street, New York, New York 10021 (FAX: 212746-8208; E-mail: [email protected]). [a]The Institute of East-West Medicine. [b]The Department of Internal Medicine, Weill Medical College o...

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of sperm washes by double capacitation in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) and to compare between polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-dependent methods to determine viral presence after the procedure. Output...