par Delvigne, Annick 
;Vandromme, Jean ;Demeestere, Isabelle ;Leroy, Fernand
Référence International journal of fertility and women's medicine, 42, 4, page (268-270)
Publication Publié, 1997
;Vandromme, Jean ;Demeestere, Isabelle ;Leroy, Fernand Référence International journal of fertility and women's medicine, 42, 4, page (268-270)
Publication Publié, 1997
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Objective-To characterize a subpopulation of complicated cases of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). Method-Descriptive retrospective study. Results-0.75% of our IVF-ET population suffered from OHSS. Among this group, 33% did not exhibit any recognized risk criteria of OHSS in terms of infertility characteristics and ovarian response to exogenous gonadotrophins. Only severe (ascites) OHSS cases were considered (n = 5) in this study. Previous IVF-ET attempts had been uneventful and during the complicated trial, estradiol peak levels and numbers of oocytes retrieved remained below 2,500 pg/mL (conversion factor to SI unit, 3.671) and 10, respectively. In all cases, the luteal phase was supplemented by hCG and all patients became pregnant. A threshold level of exogenous and/or endogenous hCG seems to be responsible for the occurrence of OHSS. Conclusion-One-third of the patients developing an ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome after IVF-ET had not previously shown risk criteria. A causal role of exogenous and/or endogenous hCG is suggested. |
