Infertility

Infertility and spontaneous abortion

A. Campana
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research

• Definitions

• Influence of maternal and paternal age on fecundability

• Declining female fertility with age

• Prevalence of infertility

• Rutstein, Shea O. and Iqbal H. Shah. 2004. Infecundity, Infertility, and Childlessness in Developing Countries. DHS Comparative Reports No. 9. Calverton, Maryland, USA: ORC Macro and the World Health Organization. Available from: http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/CR9/CR9.pdf

  • Regional estimates of childlessness, primary infertility, and secondary infertility

• Declining estimates of infertility in the United States

• General categories of infertility

• Distribution of infertility causes in developed countries

• Specific diagnoses of infertility, by developing status and region (WHO study)

• Infertility treatments and subsequent pregnancies

• Advice and information for the infertile couple - Timing intercourse to conceive

• Management of the infertile couple

• National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Fertility: assessment and treatment for people with fertility problems [Internet]. London: RCOG Press; 2004 Feb [cited 2009 March 8]. 216 p. Available from: http://www.rcog.org.uk/womens-health/clinical-guidance/fertility-assessment-and-treatment-people-fertility-problems

  • Recommendations grade A (1)

  • Key priorities for implementation

• Spontaneous abortion, recurrent miscarriage

• Infertility : Guidelines, reviews, position statements, recommendations, standards

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