The economic consequences of multiple gestation pregnancy in assisted conception cycles [0.03%]
辅助生殖周期中多胎妊娠的经济后果
John Collins,Gillian Graves
John Collins
This study estimates the projected costs of multiple births resulting from assisted conception cycles (in vitro fertilization with or without intracytoplasmic sperm injection and ovarian stimulation with gonadotrophin). The estimates are mo...
Malcolm McWhirter,David McQueen
Malcolm McWhirter
Of all NHS services, infertility appears to suffer the most from inequity or unfairness of provision across the UK. Infertility is a significant cause of population ill health and emotional morbidity which can be managed effectively and rel...
Clare J. Brown
Clare J. Brown
The aim of this article is to give the patients' viewpoint on the provision of infertility services by the NHS, to discuss how patients see this provision as a form of rationing and to consider the ethical aspects of this situation. Most pa...
Developing the clinical nurse specialist's role in fertility: do patients benefit? [0.03%]
临床助产士角色在生育方面的发展：患者受益了吗？
Sue Ashcroft
Sue Ashcroft
This article discusses the published studies surrounding the role of the clinical nurse specialist and its effect on patient care. Evidence is presented to indicate that the extended role of the clinical nurse specialist provides a positive...
Tim Bond
Tim Bond
Confidentiality is arguably the most frequent source of ethical dilemmas for counsellors of all types, but especially those working within or alongside multidisciplinary teams in clinical settings. Infertility counsellors fall within this c...
Nutritional and metabolic requirements of early cleavage stage embryos and blastocysts [0.03%]
早期卵裂期胚胎和囊胚的营养及代谢需求
Karen L. Martin
Karen L. Martin
During preimplantation human embryo development there is an increase in the synthesis of macromolecules and a demand for energy. Consequently, the metabolic requirements of the human embryo change as development proceeds from the zygote to ...
Large offspring syndrome and other consequences of ruminant embryo culture in vitro: relevance to blastocyst culture in human ART [0.03%]
体外受精胚胎培养引起的大仔胎综合征及其他相关现象及其对人类blastocyst体外培养的意义
Thomas G. McEvoy,Kevin D. Sinclair,Lorraine E. Young et al.
Thomas G. McEvoy et al.
In vitro production of embryos from domestic animals is used to augment conventional genetic improvement programmes in agriculture and to facilitate advances in gene transfer and cloning. However, production of embryos in vitro exposes them...
David K. Gardner
David K. Gardner
The routine culture and transfer of viable human blastocysts has been made possible by the development of sequential culture media, formulated to account for the changes in nutrient requirements of the embryo as it develops and differentiat...