Executive summary of recommendations Recommendations for thromboprophylaxis during pregnancy All women should undergo a documented assessment of risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) (listed in Table 1, Figure 1 and Appendix III) in early pregnancy or before pregnancy. This assessment should be repeated if the woman is admitted to hospital for any reason or develops other intercurrent p...

Executive summary of recommendations Recommendations for thromboprophylaxis during pregnancy All women should undergo a documented assessment of risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) (listed in Table 1, Figure 1 and Appendix III) in early pregnancy or before pregnancy. This assessment should be repeated if the woman is admitted to hospital for any reason or develops other intercurrent p...

background: it is estimated that about 50% of causes of recurrent pregnancy loss (rpl) cases remain unknown. sperm factors are suggested to have probable role in cases with rpl. objective: the goal was to determine the possible relationship between semen bacterial contaminations with unexplained rpl. also, the correlation between number of bacterial colony and sperm chromatin condensation was e...

Embryo evaluation and selection is fundamental in clinical IVF. Time-lapse follow-up of embryo development comprises undisturbed culture and the application of the visual information to support embryo evaluation. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials was carried out to study whether time-lapse monitoring with the prospective use of a morphokinetic algorithm for selection of embryos im...