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Br J Med Med Res ; 2015; 5(9): 1188-1192
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-176063

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Aims: Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is an iatrogenic and potentially life-threatening complication of ovarian stimulation. The best strategy to prevent it is to use a gonadotropinreleasing hormone (GnRH) agonist (GnRHa) to trigger final oocyte maturation in a GnRH antagonist protocol, followed by cryopreservation of all oocytes/embryos (freeze-all strategy). The objective of this study is to describe two cases of a rare occurrence of severe OHSS following GnRHa trigger in a GnRH antagonist protocol and freeze-all strategy. Presentation of Case: Two patients (a 33-year-old patient, and a 31-year old patient) were submitted to in vitro fertilization (IVF). The ovarian stimulation started on day 2 of her menstrual cycle in a step-down GnRH antagonist protocol. The final oocyte maturation was induced with a bolus of 0.2 mg triptorelin in both cases. Due tothe risk of OHSS, all the embryos were cryopreserved and no embryo transfer was performed. In the case 1, two days after oocyte retrieval, the patient was seen at the emergency and was diagnosed with severe OHSS with bilateral pleural effusion. In the case 2, three days after oocyte retrieval, the patient was seen at the emergency unit and was diagnosed with severe OHSS. Both patients were managed in an intensive care unit. Conclusions: Unless the substitution of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) by GnRHa triggering in antagonist cycles is done in combination with no embryo transfer (which is the best form of OHSS prevention), and unless it virtually completely eliminates the onset of OHSS, this complication may still occur in certain groups of patients.

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Femina ; 34(8): 551-557, ago. 2006. ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-446522

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Há décadas os pesquisadores tentam elucidar as bases fisiológicas e metabólicas do desenvolvimento embrionário. No que diz respeito ao período pré-implantação, a maior parte das informações foi obtida a partir de estudos com modelos animais devido, sobretudo aos impedimentos éticos e legais envolvidos na pesquisa com embriões humanos. Frequentemente, os trabalhos sobre desenvolvimento embrionário pré-implantação envolvem temas como requerimento energético, atividade mitocondrial, controle da expressão gênica, biossíntese de macromoléculas, comunicação intra e intercelular e resposta ao estresse. Entender como se dá o desevolvimento de blastocistos de alta qualidade é de grande importância para melhorar as condições de cultivo de embriões e, conseqüentemente, aumentar o sucesso dos ciclos de reprodução assistida. Neste estudo serão descritos os principais aspectos do desenvolvimento embrionário desde a fecundação até o estágio de blastocisto. Serão enfocadas as principais necessidades metabólicas, de que maneira a cultura de embriões em ART supre estas necessidades e as conseqüências do desenvolvimento in vitro no metabolismo embrionário.


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Female , Humans , Amino Acids/therapeutic use , Blastomeres/metabolism , Culture Media , Embryonic Structures/metabolism , Energy Metabolism , Fetal Development
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