Download or read book Safety and child health of assisted reproduction technology ART written by Yimin Zhu and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-06-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Long Term Safety of Assisted Reproduction written by Arianna D'Angelo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much-needed overview of the available information now accumulating to indicate that assisted reproductive technologies are generally safe for both babies and mothers. However, the literature abounds with reports of a higher risk of obstetric and perinatal complications; regarding the long term outcomes for both women and children, the data are still scarce. The chapters summarized in this book review the current knowledge on long term safety of assisted reproduction and indicate the need for continued research to cover the lack of data in some specific patient groups and for recently developed treatments that only have a short period of follow-up.
Download or read book Assisted Reproductive Technology and Adverse Child Health Outcomes written by Michele Hansen and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Truncated abstract] Background and Aims: Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) have undergone rapid development since the birth of the first IVF baby, in 1978. Studies evaluating the safety of ART have lagged far behind rapidly changing laboratory techniques and are largely limited to short term health outcomes that can be assessed at or close to the time of birth. Western Australia (WA) is the only State in Australia with a statutory Reproductive Technology Register (RTR), and one of only a few places in the world with the infrastructure for routine population based data linkage. Linkage of data from the RTR to other health registers allows for long term follow up of ART births and comparison of health outcomes with all other non ART births in the population. The publication of an earlier study using data from these registers showed that Western Australian ART infants had a two fold increased risk of birth defects compared with non ART infants. These results generated much discussion in the ART literature with clinicians stating that national ART registers reported much lower birth defect prevalence rates and that other studies had not found an increased birth defect risk following ART. The main aims of this thesis were to systematically review and pool the results of the literature comparing birth defects in ART and non ART infants; to compare the prevalence of birth defects in WA born ART infants identified through record linkage to the WA Register of Developmental Anomalies with the prevalence of birth defects reported to the national Australian ART Register by WA IVF clinicians; and finally, to compare the prevalence of birth defects, perinatal outcomes and hospital admission in the total population of ART and non ART births in Western Australia from 1994 to 2002. Methods: Systematic review of the ART birth defects literature. Systematic review of the ART literature was carried out in March 2003 and again, almost 10 years later, in September 2012. I specifically searched for papers that compared birth defects in IVF or ICSI infants and a non ART comparison group. Pooled estimates of birth defect risk were calculated for all studies and for studies of singletons and multiples separately, as well as for a range of other important subgroups. Comparison of birth defect ascertainment based on a national ART Register with record linkage to a dedicated birth defects register. Birth defect prevalence in WA born ART infants was compared when the national ART register was used as a source of birth defects data and when record linkage of the statutory RTR with the WA Register of Developmental Anomalies (WARDA) was used to identify birth defects. Birth defects, perinatal outcome and hospital admission in ART and non ART children in Western Australia. All ART and non ART births in Western Australia during the study period were identified using record linkage of the Reproductive Technology Register, the Midwives Notification System, the WARDA and the Hospital Morbidity System. Birth defects diagnosed in terminations of pregnancy and up to the age of six years were compared in ART and non ART children. Perinatal outcomes and hospital admission up to three years of age were also compared. The results were analysed separately for singletons and twins...
Download or read book Assisted Reproduction Techniques written by Khaldoun Sharif and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assisted reproduction techniques have led to the birth of 4 million babies worldwide Assisted reproduction techniques (ART), in particular in-vitro fertilization and intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection, are the most advanced forms of infertility treatment. They involve numerous counseling, medical, surgical and laboratory-based steps. At each step various problems and complications could be encountered that challenge even the most experienced ART practitioners. Moreover, patients with complex medical disorders may require ART, presenting further challenges. Assisted Reproduction Techniques will stimulate resourceful thinking in the ART practitioner when faced with these challenges. It outlines various management options, the reasoning behind them, and the evidence on which they are based to enable the practitioner to choose the most suitable solution for the needs of each patient. Written by 122 internationally renowned experts, Assisted Reproduction Techniques follows the patient's journey throughout the whole ART process, with chapters on: Counseling and preparation Ovarian stimulation Oocyte retrieval Embryo transfer The luteal phase The ART laboratory The male patient The ART pregnancy Each of the 100 concise chapters includes clinical cases, background, evidence-based practical management options, preventive measures and key-point summaries of the important details. Assisted Reproduction Techniques gives a wide-ranging practical guide to all those wishing to support couples who cannot conceive naturally.
Download or read book Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance written by Dmitry M. Kissin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over forty years, assisted reproductive technology (ART) has helped millions of patients around the world to overcome infertility. Careful monitoring of ART treatments and their outcomes is vital to maintain the remarkable pace of change in science and technology, whilst minimizing potential risks to infertility patients, and their children. Written by forty-five authors from twenty countries around the world, this book represents a global effort to document the history of assisted reproductive technology surveillance, and its dynamic challenges across the world. Comprehensive in its approach, the text details best practices in collecting and using ART surveillance data to monitor treatment effectiveness and safety, improve quality of care, develop health policy, and provide accurate information to infertility patients, worldwide.
Download or read book Assisted Reproductive Technology Success Rates written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Art of Making Children written by Francois Ansermet and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the issues that surround medically assisted reproduction. It addresses the place of destiny, including how to think about individual destinies in an age of increasingly accessible gene sequencing paired with a growing link between procreation and prediction.
Download or read book Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance written by Dmitry M. Kissin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a comprehensive guide to assisted reproductive technology surveillance, describing its history, global variations, and best practices.
Download or read book Assisted Reproductive Technologies Quality and Safety written by Jan Gerris and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worldwide, approximately 500,000 in vitro fertilization cycles are performed every year. Although the best possible result is a healthy child, the technology carries a number of varying risks and complications leading to a trade-off between the efficacy of these treatments and their quality and safety. Drawing on contributions from international experts with academic and clinical backgrounds, Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Quality and Safety presents an analysis of the medical risks and complications involved in reproductive medicine. Putting the intricacies of reproductive health in the spotlight, the book describes side-effects, risks, and complications related to ART treatments. It discusses ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, demonstrates the impact of judicious elective single embryo transfer, and focuses heavily on multiple pregnancy as the major risk factor of ART. The editors highlight the relatively less likely, but important risks of oncogenic complications, bleeding at the time of ovum retrieval, and the even smaller but still existing risk for maternal mortality. They include discussions of non-medical factors that can have a major impact on people's lives such as psychological, sexual, financial, moral, ethical, and philosophical dilemmas. In today's litigious climate, modern management of any clinic is all about minimizing risks and complications. Thoroughly addressing quality and safety issues in ART, this book provides succinct, up-to-date information on quality care in reproductive medicine.
Download or read book Health and Welfare of ART Children written by Alastair Sutcliffe and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-07-27 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive overview of the known literature concerning the physical and psychosocial health of children conceived by ART brings together an international panel of experts in fertility medicine, epidemiology, medical genetics, obstetrics, twin research, psychosocial development and pediatrics. Each chapter gives a concise, readable commentar
Download or read book How Safe Is Safe Enough written by Philip G. Peters and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-18 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive roadmap for determining when and how to regulate risky reproductive technologies on behalf of future children. First, it provides three benchmarks for determining whether a reproductive practice is harmful to the children it produces. This framework synthesizes and extends past efforts to make sense of our intuitive, but paradoxical, belief that reproductive choices can be both life-giving and harmful. Next, it recommends a process for reconciling the interests of future children with the reproductive liberty of prospective parents. The author rejects a blanket preference for either parental autonomy or child welfare and proposes instead a case-by-case inquiry that takes into account the nature and magnitude of the proposed restrictions on procreative liberty, the risk of harm to future children, and the context in which the issue arises. Finally, he applies this framework to four past and future medical treatments with above average risk, including cloning and genetic engineering. Drawing lessons from these case studies, Peters criticizes the current lack of regulatory oversight and recommends both more extensive pre-market testing and closer post-market monitoring of new reproductive technologies. His moderate, pragmatic approach will be widely appreciated.
Download or read book Assisted Reproductive Technologies Quality and Safety written by Jan Gerris and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worldwide, approximately 500,000 in vitro fertilization cycles are performed every year. Although the best possible result is a healthy child, the technology carries a number of varying risks and complications leading to a trade-off between the efficacy of these treatments and their quality and safety. Drawing on contributions from international experts with academic and clinical backgrounds, Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Quality and Safety presents an analysis of the medical risks and complications involved in reproductive medicine. Putting the intricacies of reproductive health in the spotlight, the book describes side-effects, risks, and complications related to ART treatments. It discusses ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, demonstrates the impact of judicious elective single embryo transfer, and focuses heavily on multiple pregnancy as the major risk factor of ART. The editors highlight the relatively less likely, but important risks of oncogenic complications, bleeding at the time of ovum retrieval, and the even smaller but still existing risk for maternal mortality. They include discussions of non-medical factors that can have a major impact on people's lives such as psychological, sexual, financial, moral, ethical, and philosophical dilemmas. In today's litigious climate, modern management of any clinic is all about minimizing risks and complications. Thoroughly addressing quality and safety issues in ART, this book provides succinct, up-to-date information on quality care in reproductive medicine.
Download or read book Reconfiguring Reproduction written by Sarojini N. and published by Zubaan. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though commonplace today as a technological quick fix for infertility, assisted reproduction is a complex phenomenon, located at the intersection of patriarchy, medicalization and commerce. These technologies create both challenges and opportunities, and response to them have sought to balance questions of ethics, rights and politics. The essays in this volume map the journey of ARTs in different countries, examining the global industry and the challenges it poses in the context of markets and look at regulatory frameworks in diverse settings. Together they bring a feminist lens to the examination of the now-established ART industry. Sama’s longstanding work provides a special focus on India: the spread and features of the industry, the gendered nature of the burden and treatment of infertility, the destabilization of the family as we know it, and feminist debates around surrogacy that re-assess ideas of agency and commodification. Published by Zubaan.
Download or read book Long Term Safety of Assisted Reproduction written by Arianna D'Angelo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-03-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much needed overview of the available information now accumulating to indicate that Assisted Reproductive Technologies are generally safe for both babies and mothers. However, the literature abounds with reports of a higher risk of obstetrical and perinatal complications; regarding the long-term outcomes for both women and children, the data are still scarce. The chapters summarized in this book review the current knowledge on long-term safety of assisted reproduction and indicate the need for continued research to cover the lack of data in some specific patient groups and for recently developed treatments that only have a short period of follow-up.
Download or read book Designing Babies written by Robert Klitzman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first "test tube baby" was born over 40 years ago, In Vitro Fertilization and other Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) have advanced in extraordinary ways, producing millions of babies. An estimated 20% of American couples use infertility services to help them conceive, and that number is growing. Such technologies permit thousands of people, including gay and lesbian couples and single parents, to have offspring. Couples can now transmit or avoid passing on certain genes to their children, including those for chronic disease and, probably sometime soon, height and eye color as well. Prospective parents routinely choose even the sex of their future child and whether or not to have twins. The possibilities of this rapidly developing technology are astounding-especially in the United States, where the procedures are practically unregulated and a large commercial market for buying and selling human eggs is swiftly growing. New gene-editing technology, known as CRISPR, allows for even more direct manipulation of embryos' genes. As these possibilities are increasingly realized, potential parents, doctors, and policy-makers face complex and critical questions about the use-or possible misuse-of ARTs. Designing Babies confronts these questions, examining the ethical, social, and policy concerns surrounding reproductive technology. Based on in-depth interviews with providers and patients, Robert Klitzman explores how individuals and couples are facing quandaries of whether, when, and how to use ARTs. He articulates the full range of these crucial issues, from the economic pressures patients face to the moral and social challenges they encounter as they make decisions which will profoundly shape the life of their offspring. In doing so, he reveals the broader social and biological implications of controlling genetics, ultimately arguing for closer regulation of procedures which affect the lives of generations to come and the future of our species as a whole.
Download or read book Saviour Siblings and the Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technology written by Malcolm K. Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in the field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) have been revolutionary. This book focuses on the use of ARTs in the context of families who seek to conceive a matching sibling donor as a source of tissue to treat an existing sick child. Such children have been referred to as 'saviour siblings'. Considering the legal and regulatory frameworks that impact on the accessibility of this technology in Australia and the UK, the work analyses the ethical and moral issues that arise from the use of the technology for this specific purpose. The author claims the only justification for limiting a family's reproductive liberty in this context is where the exercise of reproductive decision-making results in harm to others. It is argued that the harm principle is the underlying feature of legislative action in Western democratic society, and as such, this principle provides the grounds upon which a strong and persuasive argument is made for a less-restrictive regulatory approach in the context of 'saviour siblings'. The book will be of great relevance and interest to academics, researchers, practitioners and policy makers in the fields of law, ethics, philosophy, science and medicine.
Download or read book Outside the Womb written by Scott Rae and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) is on the rise in our culture as an alternative for couples facing infertility issues and single women desiring to have children. Is it right – morally, ethically, biblically – to engage this new technology? Are there some aspects of ART that are more acceptable than others? Outside the Womb: The Ethics of Reproductive Technologies addresses the whole issue of “making life”, providing valuable information, both theologically and scientifically, for Christian couples to reflect upon as they consider the various fertility treatments.
