Effect of the implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol (ERAS) in patients undergoing an elective cesarean section.

Objectives: To demonstrate that the application of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol in elective cesarean sections is associated with reduced hospital stay without increasing maternal complications.

Material And Methods: This retrospective, comparative study included patients who underwent an elective cesarean section. The patients were divided into groups: group 1, women who received elements of standardized care according to ERAS guidelines, and group 2, women who did not receive this care.

Embryo Selection for a Carrier of an Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Mutation in the PSEN1 Gene.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative dementia. It manifests as early-onset or late-onset AD. Early-onset AD represents about 5.

Evaluation of Ovarian Reserve in Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Subfertility is commonly observed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although the causes are not well established, the alteration of the ovarian reserve is thought to contribute to the lower chances of pregnancy. This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the ovarian reserve in patients with RA.

Evaluation of the Ovarian Reserve in Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic multisystem autoimmune disorder where the disease activity itself and the medications used for its treatment, may have adverse effects on ovarian function. This study aimed to assess the ovarian reserve (OR) in SLE patients. The anti-müllerian hormone (AMH) and the antral follicle count (AFC), two markers to evaluate the OR was assessed in 64 SLE patients and compared to normal individuals.

The Effect of Post warming Culture Period Between Thawing and Transfer of Cryopreserved Embryos on Reproductive Outcomes After In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of post warming culture period between thawing and transfer of cryopreserved embryos on reproductive outcomes after in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Methods: An extensive literature search was performed using PubMed, EmBase, and the Cochrane library from January 2000 to August 2019. A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials was performed in this manuscript.

Association between thyroid autoimmunity and ovarian reserve in women with hypothyroidism.

Background: The ovarian function and therefore the ovarian reserve may be compromised by the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases of which, Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is the most common in women of reproductive age. Furthermore, a prolonged reduction in thyroid hormone concentration results in a broad spectrum of reproductive alteration. Previous reports in the literature have been controversial regarding the impact of hypothyroidism and alterations in the ovarian reserve.

Clinical Pregnancy After Elimination of Embryo Fragments Before Fresh Cleavage-stage Embryo Transfer.

To determine if the elimination of fragments in cleavage-stage embryos, before fresh transfer, improves pregnancy rates in fertilization cycles. This is a Prospective observational case-control study carried out at a University Reproductive Center. We included Twenty-six infertile patients divided into two groups.

The elimination of apoptotic sperm in IVF procedures and its effect on pregnancy rate.

Objective: To identify the effect of apoptotic sperm elimination with MACS in patients that require IVF.

Methods: An experimental, cross-sectional, descriptive, prospective and non-blinded study of diagnostic tests performed in patients who required IVF and ICSI from July 2011 to July 2012. Ninety-two couples participated according to the treatment administered to the semen sample; in the control group: the samples were subjected only to density gradients before ICSI, in the study group: the same procedure was performed plus the addition of the MACS technique.

Effect of a low glycemic diet in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome and anovulation - a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To determine whether a low glycemic index diet is better than a normal glycemic index diet in producing ovulatory cycles in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and anovulation.

Materials And Methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial involving 37 women with PCOS and anovulation. The authors randomly assigned low glycemic index diets (n = 19) and normal glycemic index (n = 18) diets, and analyzed the number of ovulatory cycles for three months.

Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of buccal misoprostol to reduce the need for additional uterotonic drugs during cesarean delivery.

Objective: To determine whether buccal misoprostol during cesarean delivery in conjunction with active management of the third stage of labor reduces the need for additional uterotonic drugs.

Method: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was performed in Monterrey, Mexico, between February 2008 and December 2013. Eligible women had risk factors for uterine atony and were to undergo cesarean delivery under epidural block.

Comparative study of the clinical features of patients with a tubo-ovarian abscess and patients with severe pelvic inflammatory disease.

Objective: To determine the clinical characteristics that indicate the presence of tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) among patients with severe pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).

Methods: An observational cohort study was performed from October 2011 to March 2013. The study included all patients with a diagnosis of TOA and PID admitted to a university hospital in Mexico.

Normal "high" thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels and pregnancy rates in patients undergoing IVF with donor eggs.

Objective: To determine if a relationship exists between pregnancy rates obtained in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization (lVF) with donor eggs and levels of thyroid stimulating hormone greater than 2.5 mlU/L but still within a range considered normal.

Study Design: Retrospective comparative cohort study.

Factors associated with the need for blood transfusion during hysterectomy.

Objective: To identify the preoperative clinical conditions associated with the need to perform a blood transfusion among patients undergoing hysterectomy.

Methods: In a retrospective, comparative, case-control trial at the University Hospital, Nuevo León, Mexico, the records of patients who underwent elective hysterectomy between 2007 and 2009 were reviewed. Patients were grouped depending on whether or not they required blood transfusion.

Effectiveness of misoprostol for office hysteroscopy without anesthesia in infertile patients.

Objective: To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of oral and vaginal misoprostol versus placebo to facilitate office hysteroscopy without anesthesia during infertile diagnostic evaluation.

Design: Randomized, prospective trial.

Setting: Patients scheduled for diagnostic office hysteroscopy at a university hospital.

[In vivo effect of endometria's and human cervix's secretions on the spermatozoid].

Objective: To demonstrate the capacitance stages acquired by the spermatozoa after the in vivo contact with the endometrium and the human cervical canal.

Study Type: Experimental, prospective, and longitudinal.

Materials And Methods: Spermatozoa obtained from the cervix and endometrium, plus post-capacitated semen in a 1 and 4 hours process, from couples that have proved fertility, were processed to evaluate motility, morphology, vitality and identification of morphological patterns with chlortetracycline and then inducted to acrosomal reaction with ionophore A23187.