Antral follicle count and anti-Müllerian hormone level as predictors of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation.

To compare the rate of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in women with and without polycystic ovarian syndrome, and to determine the cut-off for the antral follicle count and the anti-Müllerian hormone level predictive of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in both groups. This was a prospective cohort study conducted in women aged 20-35 years who were undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation. The women were divided into those with polycystic ovarian syndrome and the controls on the basis of the Rotterdam criteria.

Femiject, a once-a-month combined injectable contraceptive: experience from Pakistan.

Objectives: The aims of the study were to compare the 12 month continuation rate, level of satisfaction and bleeding patterns of a once-a-month combined injectable contraceptive (CIC; Femiject), a 3 monthly progestogen-only injectable contraceptive (depot medroxyprogesterone acetate [DMPA]) and combined oral contraceptives (COCs).

Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted at Aziz Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan. The study comprised 171 married women aged 19-35 years and requesting contraception.

Novel coronavirus disease pandemic and ophthalmologist's perspectives.

Ophthalmologists are among those healers facing a higher risk of acquiring novel coronavirus disease 2019, called COVID-19, during their professional duties since they have close physical contact with their patients. Some patients with COVID-19 may present with or may develop conjunctivitis during the course of the illness. The ocular secretions and tears have been identified to have positive results to COVID-19 tests and as such could be a source of spread.

Outcome predictors of cirrhosis patients admitted to the intensive care unit.

Objective: To evaluate outcome predictors of patients with cirrhosis admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: One hundred and twenty-nine consecutive patients with cirrhosis admitted to the ICU at a tertiary care transplant centre in Saudi Arabia between March 1999 and December 2000 were entered prospectively in an ICU database. Liver transplantation patients and readmissions to the ICU were excluded.