OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME - AN INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT DISEASE

Authors
HUNEEUS A ALBA JF VANTMAN D
Citation
A. Huneeus et al., OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME - AN INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT DISEASE, Revista Medica de Chile, 126(9), 1998, pp. 1117-1125
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Revista Medica de Chile → ACNP
ISSN journal
00349887
Volume
126
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1117 - 1125
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-9887(1998)126:9<1117:OHS-AI>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome is a severe and potentially fatal ia trogenic disease thar affects 2% of women subjected to pharmacological induction Of ovulation. The newest data on the clinical picture, risk factors, pathophysiology and management Of this disease, are reviewed .