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Original Research
Relationship of serum progesterone (P) level the day after human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) injection on outcome following in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET)
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1 The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Camden, NJ (USA)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2009, 36(4), 214–215;
Published: 10 December 2009
Abstract

Purpose: To determine if either too little or too much of a rise in serum progesterone (P) on the day after human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) injection has any negative impact on pregnancy outcome following in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVFET). Methods: Retrospective review. Three progesterone groups established – low, normal and high. Results: There was a significantly higher clinical pregnancy rate in the normal P group vs low or high. There were no significant differences in ongoing delivered pregnancy rates but a trend for higher implantation rates in the normal P group. Conclusions: These data are consistent with the hypothesis that either too little or too much P can adversely effect implantation. However, the differences are not of sufficient magnitude to warrant a clinical intervention, e.g., deferring fresh transfer and freezing the embryos for future transfer.
Keywords
Progesterone
Implantation rate
Luteal phase
In vitro fertilization
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