This new edition of an established go-to reference provides a structured approach to treating the infertile couple that will be of benefit to the gynecologist, reproductive endocrinologist, and reproductive medicine nurse alike
This new edition of an established go-to reference provides a structured approach to treating the infertile couple that will be of benefit to the gynecologist, reproductive endocrinologist, and reproductive medicine nurse alike. Both clinical and laboratory techniques are included, with material on preconception care and office management.
Features:
- Provides a comprehensive but concise go-to reference for the whole IVF team
- Enables busy clinicians, embryologists, counselors, and staff to access information quickly
- Brings an established resource up to date with current practice
1. Overview of Infertility
2. Factors Affecting Fertility 3.Lifestyle in
infertility 4.Preconceptional Counseling 5.The Infertility Workup 6.Ovarian
Reserve Testing 7.Hypothyroidism and Its Role in Infertility and Recurrent
Pregnancy Loss
8. Pituitary disease in infertility
9. Evaluation and
Management of Male Infertility 10.Clinical Algorithms 11.Treatment Options:
I. Ovulation Induction-12.Treatment Options: II. Intrauterine Insemination
13.Treatment Options: III. In Vitro Fertilization-stimulation protocols
14.Treatment Options: IV. Fresh vs Frozen embryo transfer, FET protocols
15.
Treatment Options: V. Third-Party Reproduction-Subsection 16.Reproductive
Surgery17. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 18.Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
19.
Diminished Ovarian Reserve and Premature Ovarian Insuffiency
20. Management
of Pregnancy of unknown location
21. The IVF Laboratory - Denny Sakkas and
Brent Barrett 22.Preimplantation Genetic Testing
23. Challenges in the
laboratory: fertilization failure and poor blastulation 24.The future of the
IVF laboratory
25. Oncofertlity : Fertility Preservation for Patients
Undergoing Gonadotoxic Treatment 26.Egg Freezing
27. Tools for Effective
Nursing in the Care of the Infertile Patient
28. The Role of the Infertility
Counselor
29. Fertility Care for the LGBTQ+ Community
30. APP (Advance
Practice Providers) Integration and Utilization in Reproductive Medicine
31.
Integrating Quality Management into a Fertility Practice
32. Promoting your
practice, the use of social media
33. The True ART: How to Deliver the Best
Patient Care
Michael M. Alper MD is Medical Director and a Reproductive Endocrinologist at Boston IVF and Associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School.
Denny Sakkas PhD is Director of Clinical Research at Boston IVF and Associate Professor at the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale University School of Medicine.
Denis Vaughan MD, FACOG, MRCPI is a board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist and a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School.
Alan S Penzias MD is Surgical Director and Reproductive Endocrinologist at Boston IVF and Director of the fellowship program in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School.
