A positive beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) level usually means that you are pregnant.Pregnancytests detect the hCG hormone in the blood and urine. The beta hCG levels are also measured using a test known as quantitative hCG testing. This test measures the quantity of hCG in your urine...
First, it’s because 5 mUI/ml hCG level is not indicative of pregnancy after IVF; it only indicates that there is hCG present in the body. Some women normally have a certain amount of hCG in the body naturally. Second, and the main reason, is that specialists are looking for an increa...
This multicenter retrospective chart review study performed on 162 cryptorchid patients and on 34 subjects with retractile testes suggests that cryptorchidism and retractile testes can alter spermatogenesis, with more serious damage observed in bilateral cryptorchidism. This spermatogenetic impairment is ...
menses. If there is a risk for OHSS evident prior to hCG administration, the hCG must be withheld. Cases of OHSS are more common, more severe, and more protracted if pregnancy occurs; therefore, women should be assessed for the development of OHSS for at least two weeks after hCG ...
Chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) was measured by a rapid and sensitive radioimmunoassay in 100 female patients with lower abdominal pain attending an emergency department. Of the 24 subjects with a positive result, 22 had evidence of pregnancy (ectopic or uterine). Of the 76 patients with negative ...