title: Acceptance of HIV-infected patients in assisted reproductive technique protocols.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the adequacy of a multidisciplinary approach providing information to couples affected by HIV before ART.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective observational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  RT centre and infectious disease clinic, public university hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  50 couples with at least one HIV-infected partner.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multidisciplinary approach towards ART by various intervening physicians (specialist in fertility, infectious diseases, paediatrics, obstetrics, psychiatry).
  
  
  METHODS
  We analysed specifically the cases in which the staff did not accept and the patient's compliance to the counselling procedures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 150 couples, 30 did not complete the procedure and were lost to follow-up. The remaining 120 couples were evaluated: 89 couples were accepted, 5 were temporarily refused and 26 were refused definitively. The major reasons for refusal were medical reasons (n=13).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because of the high refusal rate and the drop of rate, a multidisciplinary approach is mandatory before initiating ART in seropositive couples.
authors: Fertility Clinic, CHU Saint-Pierre, Université Libre de Buxelles, 322 rue Haute, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Manigart
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Autin
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Rozenberg
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Barlow
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Hainaut
authors: M-L
authors: ML
authors: Gustin
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Gerard
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Delvigne
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult