OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predictive efficiency of serum estradiol (E2) concentration in the mid-luteal phase regarding chemical, clinical, and ongoing pregnancies, in patients subjected to IVF/ICSI with fresh embryo transfer. METHODS One hundred and forty-three patients undergoing IVF/ICSI met all the inclusion criteria for the present study. Most of the patients used antagonists, final matu...

Ruptured AAA •Elderly •Severe generalised abdominal pain •Back pain •Reduced GCS/collapse •Shock •Peritonitis •Expansile mass •USS abdomen if freely available •CT only if stable •Don’t delay theatre •Aim for permissive hypotension (SBP ̴100) •Activate ‘massive haemorrhage protocol’ e.g. 10U •Urgent open repair (/ EVAR if stable) Appendicitis •Young patient •Periumbilical pain initially •Moves to...

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a heterodimeric hormone consisting of an alpha (a) and a beta (β) subunit, is used as a marker for the diagnosis of pregnancy, congenital defects, and choriocarcinoma. After excluding the common causes of elevated serum hCG, laboratory identification of false-positive or true results assists in guiding clinical management. Options include testing urine for hC...

Between 1990 and 1999, 182 men were treated for non-seminomatous germ cell testicular tumours. In 24 of them after chemotherapy a residual retroperitoneal mass was removed. In 14 of them additional immunohistochemical (IHC) examinations using antibodies against cytokeratins, vimentin, PLAP, CD30, AFP, βhCG, p53, and MIB-1 were performed. We compared the results of those additional studies with ...

The diagnosis of acephalocystis racemosa and missed abortion based on transvaginal ultrasonography and serum β-HCG monitoring was studied in this paper. The main contents of variance analysis were mainly introduced and at the same time, the main contents and research methods of hydatidiform mole detection and missed abortion diagnosis were also expounded. The results show that there are some di...

Mục tiêu: Mô tả kết quả một số dấu ần sinh học của phụ nữ có u quái buồng trứng tại bệnh viện Phụ sản Trung ương. Đối tượng và phương pháp nghiên cứu: Nghiên cứu mô hồi được tiến hành dựa trên hồ sơ án 324 nhân chẩn đoán là can thiệp phẫu thuật ương, sau trứng. Kết Bệnh mắc nhiều nhất ở tuổi trẻ 16-35 chiếm 70,7%. Số trưởng thành 94,4%. CA125 > 35 UI/ml, tỷ lệ 17,3%. HE4 tăng 4,9%. αFP tăng&...

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) was initially thought to be made only during pregnancy, but is now known to also be synthesized by a variety of cancers and is associated with poor patient prognosis. Transgenic expression of βhCG in mice causes hyper-luteinized ovaries, a loss in estrous cyclicity and infertility, increased body weight, prolactinomas and mammary gland tumors. Strategies were ...