Prevention of multiple pregnancies in gonadotropin-insemination cycles. 2022

Elias M Dahdouh, and Tony G Zreik, and Wadih Ghaname, and Juan A Garcia-Velasco, and Jacques Balayla
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assisted Reproduction Technology Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine.

Although elective single embryo transfer has significantly reduced, the rate of multiple pregnancy in IVF cycles, this rate is still relatively high in gonadotropin-insemination cycles. Patients who fail to ovulate or to conceive with oral agents and have constraints for IVF are usually candidates for gonadotropin injections. The current review article provides an up-to-date summation of the different strategies that can be adopted to reduce the risk of multiple pregnancies in gonadotropin-stimulated intrauterine insemination cycles. Gonadotropin-insemination treatments should be used judiciously by experienced providers. One should always start with the lowest effective gonadotropin dose (∼37.5 IU), monitor closely the ovarian response, and consider cycle cancellation or conversion to IVF whenever a high response is encountered. Therefore, every infertility practice should define its own cancellation and 'rescue IVF' criteria depending on the number of mature ovarian follicles and the age of the female partner. These preventive measures amongst others should mitigate the risk of multiple pregnancies that can arise from gonadotropin-insemination cycles.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007246 Infertility A reduced or absent capacity to reproduce. Sterility,Reproductive Sterility,Sterility, Reproductive,Sub-Fertility,Subfertility
D007315 Insemination, Artificial Artificial introduction of SEMEN or SPERMATOZOA into the VAGINA to facilitate FERTILIZATION. Artificial Insemination,Eutelegenesis,Artificial Inseminations,Eutelegeneses,Inseminations, Artificial
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011272 Pregnancy, Multiple The condition of carrying two or more FETUSES simultaneously. Multiple Pregnancy,Multiple Pregnancies,Pregnancies, Multiple
D005260 Female Females
D005307 Fertilization in Vitro An assisted reproductive technique that includes the direct handling and manipulation of oocytes and sperm to achieve fertilization in vitro. Test-Tube Fertilization,Fertilizations in Vitro,In Vitro Fertilization,Test-Tube Babies,Babies, Test-Tube,Baby, Test-Tube,Fertilization, Test-Tube,Fertilizations, Test-Tube,In Vitro Fertilizations,Test Tube Babies,Test Tube Fertilization,Test-Tube Baby,Test-Tube Fertilizations
D006062 Gonadotropins Hormones that stimulate gonadal functions such as GAMETOGENESIS and sex steroid hormone production in the OVARY and the TESTIS. Major gonadotropins are glycoproteins produced primarily by the adenohypophysis (GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY) and the placenta (CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN). In some species, pituitary PROLACTIN and PLACENTAL LACTOGEN exert some luteotropic activities. Gonadotropin
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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