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Status of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems in ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
Objective:
To elucidate characteristic changes of plasma hemostatic markers in ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) cycles.
Design:
Prospective study.
Setting:
The IVF-ET program of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Akita, School of Medicine.
Patients:
Forty cycles of 40 IVF patients, including 12 cycles in which a severe form of OHSS occurred.
Interventions:
Blood samples were taken during IVF treatment to determine the levels of blood markers that reflect activation of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems.
Main Outcome Measures:
Thrombin-antithrombin III complexes, plasmin-alpha 2 antiplasmin complexes, and other hemostatic markers related to the coagulation and fibrinolytic system activation.
Results:
In the OHSS cycles, the levels of thrombin-antithrombin III and plasmin-alpha 2 antiplasmin complexes in the plasma began to rise within a few days after hCG administration and demonstrated significantly higher levels during the midluteal phase. In OHSS cycles with pregnancy, elevation of these markers continued for > or = 3 weeks after the onset of disease. There were some characteristic changes in OHSS cycles in other hemostatic markers, such as a decrease in the levels of antithrombin III and prekallikrein and shortened activated partial thromboplastin time.
Conclusion:
These data demonstrate the status of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems in OHSS cycles and provide insight into the mechanism of activation in the hemostatic system.
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