BACKGROUND After decades of decline, stillbirth rates have increased in several industrialized countries in recent years. We examined data from the province of British Columbia, Canada, in an attempt to explain this unexpected phenomenon. METHODS We carried out a retrospective population-based cohort study of all births in British Columbia from 2000 to 2010. Outcomes of interest included over...

BACKGROUND Live birth per cycle and live birth per embryo transfer are commonly used outcome measures for IVF treatment. In contrast, the assessment of the reproductive efficiency of human oocytes fertilized in vitro is seldom performed on an egg-to-egg basis. This approach may however gain importance owing to the increasingly widespread use of oocyte cryopreservation, as the technique is becom...

Births According to provisional reports, an estimated 339,000 births occurred in the United States during August 1997. This was a 6-percent decrease from the provisional number of births reported for August 1996 (360,000). The birth rate, 14.9 live births per 1,000 population, was 7 percent lower than August 1996 (16.0). The fertility rate, 66.9 live births per 1,000 women 15–44 years, was 6 pe...

BACKGROUND Despite restoration of fertility after kidney transplantation, the benefit is limited in female kidney recipients. Our objective is to determine the reasons for this discrepancy. METHODS We evaluated 315 women who underwent kidney transplantation from 1983 to 2015 (a median of age at transplantation [10th-90th percentile] of 32 years [7-55 years]); 230 recipients between the ages o...

OBJECTIVES To look retrospectively at patients undergoing elective, ultrasound indicated and rescue cervical cerclage, examine the immediate pregnancy outcomes and compare them. DESIGN This was a retrospective observational study using the maternity and neonatal databank to identify patients having cervical cerclage between 1985 and 2009 inclusive. Data extracted included patient demographics...

Births According to provisional reports, an estimated 343,000 births occurred in the United States during July 1997. This was the same as the provisional number of births reported for July 1996. The birth rate, 15.1 live births per 1,000 population , was 1 percent lower than the rate of 15.3 for July 1996. The fertility rate, 67.6 live births per 1,000 women 15–44 years, was slightly lower than...

the aim of this study was to analyze the effect of sex, season and year of birth on growth rate of biometric measurements and body weight gain of thoroughbred foals during first six months of life. 103 thoroughbred foals (53 colts and 50 fillies) from golejewko stud born between 2006 and 2008, were used in this study. thoroughbred foals born in winter months were characterized by significantly ...

BACKGROUND Routine use of assisted hatching (AH) following ICSI is a controversial issue in the literature. There are rare studies regarding the effect of laser assisted hatching (LAH) on live birth rate. OBJECTIVE Our main goal was to evaluate the effect of LAH on delivery rate as well as congenital anomaly in patients undergoing their first ICSI cycle. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 182...

conclusions overall, incidence of birth trauma in kashan city was lower in comparison with most studies. considering existing risk factors, further monitoring on labor, and delivery management in teaching hospitals are recommended to prevent birth injuries. in addition, careful supervision on students and residents' training should be applied in teaching hospitals. patients and methods in this ...