BACKGROUND Globally, about 11% of all annual births involve adolescents aged 15-19 years. Uganda has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study assessed stakeholders' views concerning factors affecting availability, accessibility and utilization of teenager friendly antenatal services in Mbarara Municipality, southwestern Uganda. METHOD This was a cross-secti...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies to evaluate abdominal ultrasound-guided embryo transfer compared to the clinical touch method. DESIGN Meta-analysis. SETTING Four studies performed in academic research centers in Barcelona, Vizcaya, Hong Kong, and Madrid. PATIENT(S) A total of 2,051 patients: 1,024 received ultrasound-guided embryo transfers and 1,027 ...

Interstitial pregnancy is an ectopic pregnancy at high hemorrhagic risk. It often poses a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the clinician, with a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. It presents a difficult management problem with no absolute standard of care; the most appropriate treatment technique for these pregnancies remains controversial. We describe a case of unruptured int...

Fertility after ectopic pregnancy (EP) was investigated in a non-selected population taking into account intrauterine device (IUD) use at the time of the EP. Between January 1992 and June 1996, 647 women listed in the EP register of Auvergne (France) were followed up. The analysis included only the 328 women who were seeking to become pregnant: 23 women using IUD at the time of the index EP (IU...

BACKGROUND Since severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a potentially life-threatening complication of assisted reproduction, the focus of attention in such cases is placed firmly upon the health of the patient, with the endeavour to achieve a pregnancy being considered of secondary importance. The aim of this study was to focus on the pregnancy rate and pregnancy outcome in IVF pat...

the rate of multiple pregnancy has dramatically increased during the past decades, along with the diffusion of assisted reproduction technology (art). multiple pregnancy entail an increased risk of, at times life threatening, maternal complications i.e. pre-eclampsia, eclampsia or abruptio placenta, of serious neonatal hazards, i.e. extreme prematurity or growth retardation, as well as deleteri...

Reproductive health intentions Age at first pregnancy (years) Interval between marriage and the first pregnancy (months) Family spacing between 2 living children (months) Number of living children Conception by age of 18 or less (%) Conception by age of 40-49 years (%) Pregnancy rates (%) Population growth rate per year Total fertility rate (%) Cesarean section rate (%) Antenatal injection of t...

OBJECTIVES The objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist in improving clinical pregnancy rate in gonadotropin-stimulated intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles in patients of unexplained infertility. STUDY DESIGN This was a prospective, randomized case-controlled study. SETTINGS The study was conducted in the infertility clinic of...