| The long-term outcome of 946 consecutive couples visiting a fertility clinic in 2001-2003. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 21550038 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
OBJECTIVE: To describe the outcome of fertility work-up, treatment, and dropout in a cohort of subfertile couples in a well-defined area in Western Europe. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Maastricht University Medical Center. PATIENT(S): Subfertile couples referred by their general physician between 2001 and 2003. INTERVENTION(S): Demographic data, findings of the fertility investigation, and outcome of treatment were entered prospectively into a database. Follow-up was performed until November 2008. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Diagnosis, treatment, dropout rate, pregnancy rate, and live-birth rate. RESULT(S): During the study period, 946 couples were referred, of whom 17% dropped out. Follow-up was complete in 94% of couples. Spontaneous pregnancies occurred in 28% of all couples, and there were 32% treatment-dependent pregnancies. IVF (51% live births in couples treated) and no treatment/expectant management (50%) were the most effective treatments. CONCLUSION(S): After 5-8 years, 51% of couples referred for subfertility had at least one live birth. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Janneke Donckers; Johannes L H Evers; Jolande A Land |
Related Documents
:
|
15120438 - Phyllanthus piscatorum, ethnopharmacological studies on a women's medicinal plant of th... 2919828 - Hemostasis development in the lamb fetus and neonate. 17982318 - Effect of antiretroviral therapy on hemostasis in brazilian pregnant women with hiv inf... 2375288 - Energy cost of physical activity throughout pregnancy and the first year postpartum in ... 16727688 - Factors influencing the success of transcervical insemination in merino ewes. 10640878 - Cerebellar hypoplasia: could it be a sonographic finding of abnormal fetal karyotype in... |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-6 |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Fertility and sterility Volume: - ISSN: 1556-5653 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2011-5-9 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0372772 Medline TA: Fertil Steril Country: - |
Other Details:
|
Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
Copyright Information:
|
Copyright © 2011 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
|
Maastricht University Medical Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht, the Netherlands; University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Mild/minimal stimulation for in vitro fertilization: an old idea that needs to be revisited.
Next Document: Expression of activated HER2 in human testes.