The clinical value of Clearplan home ovulation detection kits in infertility practice.
A home ovulation testing kit, Clearplan, that detects the urinary luteinizing hormone (LH) surge was used by 32 patients on a donor insemination programme for 50 cycles to indicate when to first attend the clinic for a serum LH test to determine ovulation. Using Clearplan significantly reduced the number of clinic attendances (4.06 +/- 1.5) compared to the preceding control cycle (7.06 +/- 2.0 p less than 0.001). One serum LH peak was missed using Clearplan. Ovulation was predicted within 2 days of the serum LH surge in 77% of cycles. Home ovulation determination has the potential to reduce the stress and cost of fertility programmes.
Department of Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, New South Wales.
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D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D001831:Body Temperature; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010061:Ovulation Detection / Q000379:methods*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014626:Vaginal Smears
D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone