RISK FACTORS AND CRITERIA FOR PREDICTION OF OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME

Abstract

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is the most frequent and dangerous complication of IVF programmers. Evaluation of OHSS risk factors allows to perform differentiated, approaches to controlled ovarian stimulation. This article presents the results of OHSS risk factors analysis in 775 IVF cycles. It was found that young age (< 35 years), PCOS, tubal factor of infertility and low BMI (< 25 kg/m2) are the significant risk factors for OHSS.

Keywords

• ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
• controlled ovarian stimulation
• in vitro fertilization