[Births and children after assisted reproductive technologies. A retrospective analysis with special regard to multiple pregnancies at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg (2000-2009) with an extrapolation for Austria].
BACKGROUND
Austria still lacks a baby-take-home rate after assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and therefore an adequate quality management of ART.


METHODS
This paper extrapolates data about births/infants after ART at the University Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (PMU/SALK) in Salzburg for Austria, especially in regard to multiple births/infants collected between 2000 and 2009.


RESULTS
On average 2 271 infants were born per year during the last 10 years. Among them, 76 infants (3.34% of all children) were born after ART. Of all children conceived by ART and born (759) at the University Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 368 are multiples. This is 48.5% of all children born after ART. 31.6% of all multiples born were conceived through ART.


CONCLUSIONS
The extrapolation of data concerning multiples results in 1 255 multiples/year after ART for Austria.


CONCLUSIONS
Without a baby-take-home rate, serious quality management of reproductive medicine is impossible. Online registration of deliveries and infants is the only adequate approach. The data of this statistical extrapolation from a single perinatal center not only provide a survey about the situation in Austria, but also support the claim of a quantitative (numbers) as well as qualitative (condition of infants) baby-take-home rate after ART.
Ambulanz für gynäkologische Endokrinologie und assistierte Reproduktion, Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität (PMU)/Salzburger Landeskliniken (SALK), Salzburg, Österreich. b.maier@salk.at
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001317:Austria; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008423:Maternal Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011783:Quadruplets / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014310:Triplets / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014427:Twins / Q000706:statistics & numerical data