Oil-based or saline contrast for sono-hysterosalpingography in infertile women: a pilot randomized controlled double blind trial.

Objective: To determine the feasibility, safety, and outcomes of an oil-based, iodinated contrast using office-based, ultrasound-imaged hysterosalpingography in women with infertility.

Design: Randomized Controlled Double Blind Clinical Trial.

Setting: Academic health center.

Lifestyle modifications alone or combined with hormonal contraceptives improve sexual dysfunction in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in a well-defined polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) population, and to assess the impact of common PCOS treatments on sexual function.

Design: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial, oral contraceptive pills and weight loss in PCOS.

Setting: Two academic medical centers.

Effects of Oral Contraception and Lifestyle Modification on Incretins and TGF-ß Superfamily Hormones in PCOS.

Objective: To examine the effects of common treatments for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) on a panel of hormones (reproductive/metabolic).

Design: Secondary analysis of blood from a randomized controlled trial of three 16-week preconception interventions designed to improve PCOS-related abnormalities: continuous oral contraceptive pills (OCPs, N = 34 subjects), intensive lifestyle modification (Lifestyle, N = 31), or a combination of both (Combined, N = 29).

Materials And Methods: Post-treatment levels of activin A and B, inhibin B, and follistatin (FST), as well as Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 (IGFBP-2), glucagon, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and 2, and oxyntomodulin were compared to baseline, and the change from baseline in these parameters were correlated with outcomes.

Pregnancy registry: three-year follow-up of children conceived from letrozole, clomiphene, or gonadotropins.

Objective: To study the development of children conceived from non-IVF infertility treatments consisting of gonadotropins, clomiphene, or letrozole.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: U.

Impact of electrodiagnostic (EMG/NCS) tests on clinical decision-making and patient perceived benefit in the outpatient physical therapy practice.

Background: Utilizing Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Study (EMG/NCS) tests, when indicated, may have implications for efficient patient management and assist in more efficient referral to appropriate providers or specialists.

Objective: To investigate the impact of Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies (EMG/NCS) on clinical decision-making and patient perspectives within PT practice settings.

Methods: 462 patients, who were candidates for diagnostic testing (EMG/NCS) were included in this outcome study and questionnaire-based survey design.