The following review aims to examine the available evidence to guide best practice in preventing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). As it stands, there is no single method to completely prevent OHSS. There seems to be a benefit, however, in categorizing women based on their risk of OHSS and individualizing treatments to curtail their chances of developing the syndrome. At present, both A...

A 29-year-old woman undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment for infertility presented to a rural hospital 7 days after embryo transfer with abdominal distension, nausea, headache, and paresthesias. General examination revealed a distended abdomen with moderate generalized tenderness. Neurological examination revealed a left-sided facial droop with mild dys-arthria and a left pronator drift....

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome is the most serious iatrogenic complication resulting from ovarian stimulation. Currently there is no clear evidence of absolute efficacy for most of standard preventive and curative methods. Recent studies indicate that human chorionic gonadotropin increases vascular endothelial growth factor, vascular endothelial cadherin and vascular permeability via endothe...

puntuación entre 0 y 3. Es también interesante observar que el mayor porcentaje de nuestros pacientes (64,2%) presentaba valores por encima de 7 y dentro del grupo de 4–7, todos obtuvieron una puntuación de 6-7, lo que indicarı́a en parte la necesidad de analizar los puntos de corte tal y como señala el autor. Por ejemplo, un paciente con puntuación de 6 que se enfrenta a un trayecto de cerca de...

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is an important complication of ovarian stimulation and IVF that enhances patients' morbidity. To evaluate any increased incidence of hospitalization from severe OHSS during 2000, this study analysed certain clinical, ultrasound and laboratory characteristics of hospitalized patients with severe OHSS. These studies were carried out on women undergoing IV...

OBJECTIVE Pentraxin-3 (PTX3) is a long pentraxin that plays a key role in female fertility as a structural and essential constituent of the cumulus oophorus extracellular matrix. Despite considerable evidence supporting this role of PTX3 in mice, data in humans are scanty. The aim of the present study was (1) to evaluate follicular fluid concentrations of PTX3; (2) to test the hypothesis that l...

BACKGROUND Oocyte retrieval failure following an ovarian hyperstimulation protocol is uncommon in assisted reproductive technology (ART) programs. We analyzed the predictive factors for oocyte retrieval failure following controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist and GnRH antagonist protocols in ART programs. METHODS This study was a retrospec...