OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify factors that affect in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes in women with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR). METHODS We reviewed 99 IVF cycles in 52 women with DOR between September 2010 and January 2015. DOR was defined as serum anti-Müllerian hormone level of <1.1 ng/dL or serum follicle-stimulating hormone level of ≥20 mIU/mL. Total 96 cycles in 50 patie...

BACKGROUND Unexpected surgical cancellation is common and can have significant adverse effects. Cancellation rates vary because of a lack of a standard definition, different patient populations and study methodology. We hypothesized that case cancellation has a different pattern in a dedicated ambulatory surgical center compared to a general operating room (OR) setting in a large academic cente...

Late cancellations of scheduled elective surgery limit the ability of the surgical care service to achieve its goals. Attributes of these cancellations differ between hospitals and regions. The rate of late cancellations of elective surgery conducted in Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar was found to be 13.14% which is similar to rates reported in hospitals elsewhere in the world; although ele...

.. Objective: To find out reasons for cancellation of operation on the day of surgery in the Surgical Department of Civil Hospital Karachi. Design: Observational study. Setting & Period: All operation theatre bookings of the Civil Hospital Surgical Department from July 2010 to October 2010 have been studied by using the ‘daily operating theatre lists’. Frequency of cancellation, type of surgeri...

OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of a standardized pre-operative telephone checklist on the rate of late cancellations of ambulatory surgery (AMBUPROG trial). DESIGN Multicenter, two-arm, parallel-group, open-label randomized controlled trial. SETTING 11 university hospital ambulatory surgery units in Paris, France. PARTICIPANTS Patients scheduled for ambulatory surgery and able to be reac...

provided the original work is properly cited. CC Unanticipated cancellation of scheduled operations causes economic burdens to hospitals because of wasted resources, including idle medical staff and inefficient use of operating room facilities, as well as patient inconvenience. Previous authors have reported cancellation rates ranging from 1.96% to 20.5% [1-5]. Reasons for cancellations vary fr...