A comprehensive assessment of outcomes in pregnancies conceived by in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Objective: To assess the association between in vitro fertilization (IVF) with or without intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and adverse birth outcomes.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study involved IVF/ICSI patients who were treated in the Ottawa Fertility Centre from 1996 to 2005 with a viable pregnancy (>20 weeks of gestation) and mothers who conceived naturally.

Results: Eleven of the 1044 infants conceived with IVF/ICSI (1.

Pre-conception health awareness in infertility patients.

Objective: Pre-conception counselling is important, as most pregnancies are unplanned. There are few published studies examining women's attitudes and knowledge in this area. As part of our ongoing education quality improvement program we evaluated the pre-conception knowledge and attitudes of women at an infertility clinic.

Timing intrauterine insemination either 33 or 39 hours after administration of human chorionic gonadotropin yields the same pregnancy rates as after superovulation therapy.

Objective: To compare a short and long interval between hCG administration and IUI after superovulation for the treatment of infertility.

Design: Prospective, randomized clinical trial.

Setting: University hospital-based fertility clinic.