Sentences with phrase «egg donation patients»

«A few other studies have shown results suggesting an increased risk of pregnancy - induced hypertension in egg donation patients,» said Dr Letur.

Results showed that the egg donation patients had a more than three-fold higher risk of pregnancy - induced hypertension than the routine IVF patients, with prevalence rising from 5.3 % to 17.8 % (odds ratio 3.84, 95 % CI 1.89 - 7.77) and an even higher risk of pre-eclampsia, from 2.8 % to 11.2 % (OR 4.60, 95 % CI 1.81 - 11.67)-- although the latter finding was based on very few numbers.

Egg donation, like IVF and ICSI, is considered a safe treatment, despite the older age of patients, but a new study from France has found that the pregnancies of egg donation patients are at a higher risk of disorders — particularly relating to high blood pressure — than the pregnancies of routine IVF patients using their own eggs.

Not exact matches

At Pacific Fertility, we begin by asking all potential patients to meet with one of our physicians as well as with our in - house counselor Marriage and Family Therapist to understand the steps involved in the egg donation process.

Before selecting an egg donor, patients are required to complete a series of appointments to ready them for the egg donation process.

For some patients dealing with infertility, egg donation is a fantastic family building option.

With an ever - ageing female patient population, egg donation is an increasingly common treatment in infertility.

Our aim was to find out whether pregnancies from egg donation are genuinely associated with a higher risk of hypertension and pre-eclampsia than those from treatments using the patient's own eggs.

There, says Dr Letur, egg donation in the social security system is restricted to women under 43, and in this study the average patient age was 34.5 years.