The Boston IVF Handbook of Infertility

Name: The Boston IVF Handbook of Infertility
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ISBN: 9781032607030

A Practical Guide for Practitioners Who Care for Infertile Couples

by Michael M. Alper, Denny Sakkas, Denis Vaughan, Alan S. Penzias

5th Edition

Publisher: CRC Press

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Book Details

Print ISBN	9781032607030
eText ISBN	9781040421574
Publisher	CRC Press
Publishing Year	2025
Edition	5th Edition
Language	English
Pages	304

The Boston IVF Handbook of Infertility, 5th Edition, delivers a practical guide to reproductive medicine for gynecologists, reproductive endocrinologists, reproductive medicine nurses, embryologists, and infertility counselors. This handbook details both clinical and laboratory techniques required to evaluate and treat infertile couples effectively across diverse practice settings.

Early coverage focuses on initial patient interactions, addressing preconceptional counseling, lifestyle factors that alter fertility, and systematic infertility workups. The text then addresses targeted medical management for specific endocrine conditions, outlining diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for hypothyroidism and pituitary disease alongside complete clinical protocols for male infertility evaluation and management.

The final focus turns to intervention strategies, progressing from ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination to structured IVF stimulation protocols. It examines clinical choices surrounding fresh versus frozen embryo transfer protocols while detailing preimplantation genetic testing, offering practitioners structured support for selecting appropriate clinical pathways during fertility care.

Chapter 1: Overview of Infertility
Chapter 2: Factors Affecting Fertility
Chapter 3: Lifestyle in infertility
Chapter 4: Preconceptional Counseling
Chapter 5: The Infertility Workup
Chapter 6: Ovarian Reserve Testing
Chapter 7: Hypothyroidism and Its Role in Infertility and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Chapter 8: Pituitary disease in infertility
Chapter 9: Evaluation and Management of Male Infertility
Chapter 10: Clinical Algorithms
Chapter 11: Treatment Options: I. Ovulation Induction
Chapter 12: Treatment Options: II. Intrauterine Insemination
Chapter 13: Treatment Options: III. In Vitro Fertilization-stimulation protocols
Chapter 14: Treatment Options: IV. Fresh vs Frozen embryo transfer, FET protocols
Chapter 15: Treatment Options: V. Third-Party Reproduction-Subsection
Chapter 16: Reproductive Surgery
Chapter 17: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Chapter 18: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Chapter 19: Diminished Ovarian Reserve and Premature Ovarian Insuffiency
Chapter 20: Management of Pregnancy of unknown location
Chapter 21: The IVF Laboratory
Chapter 22: Preimplantation Genetic Testing
Chapter 23: Challenges in the laboratory: fertilization failure and poor blastulation
Chapter 24: The future of the IVF laboratory
Chapter 25: Oncofertlity : Fertility Preservation for Patients Undergoing Gonadotoxic Treatment
Chapter 26: Egg Freezing
Chapter 27: Tools for Effective Nursing in the Care of the Infertile Patient
Chapter 28: The Role of the Infertility Counselor
Chapter 29: Fertility Care for the LGBTQ+ Community
Chapter 30: APP (Advance Practice Providers) Integration and Utilization in Reproductive Medicine
Chapter 31: Integrating Quality Management into a Fertility Practice
Chapter 32: Promoting your practice, the use of social media
Chapter 33: The True ART: How to Deliver the Best Patient Care