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Purpose: This study evaluated the changes in psychological stress during in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) and the relationship of such stress to the patients' background and gender. Methods: Sixty couples undergoing IVF-ET were administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-JYZ (STAI) test at six different points during IVF-ET procedures. Anxiety scores at each time point were recorded and analyzed according to gender, fertility status, and duration of treatment. Results: The median state anxiety score for women increased following induction until oocyte collection, after which it temporarily declined and then increased again until the pregnancy test. No such changes were noted in men. Scores for women who had undergone a shorter period of IVF treatments were higher while state and trait anxiety in men increased with a prolonged treatment period. Unsuccessful treatment increased the state and trait anxiety of women. Conclusions: Psychological stress changed periodically depending on the duration of the patients' treatment and fertility status also influenced anxiety levels. These findings will prove helpful in guiding psychological therapy and counseling for couples attempting to conceive by in vitro fertilization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The mean age was 62.0, and mean maximal diameter of tumour was 5.4 cm. At diagnosis, SMI revealed tumour blood flow clearly. After neoadjuvant chemotherapy, SMI detected decreased tumour blood flow in all patients. [Extracted from the article]

We defined high MCA-PSV as the value exceeding 1.5 multiple of median (MoM), and assigned the case to high MCA-PSV group when we found high MCA-PSV at least one time. We compared the perinatal prognosis of high MCA-PSV group and normal MCA-PSV group. The numbers of high MCA-PSV group and normal MCA-PSV group were 18 cases (7.3%) and 230 cases (92.7%) respectively. [Extracted from the article]

Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the leading cause of neurodevelopmental impairment. At 26 weeks of gestation, fetal MCA-PSV increased to 77.7 cm/sec without abnormalities, and it returned to normal range at 28 weeks of gestation. The transient increase of MCA-PSV in our case may have been affected by the biological properties of CMV which has latency properties. [Extracted from the article]

An abstract of the article "Longitudinal change in cardiac function of twin pregnant women," by K. Shimizu and colleagues is presented.

An abstract of the article "Maternal cardiac function in patients with severe pre-eclampsia" by K. Uno and colleagues is presented.

An abstract of the article "The efficiency of superb microvascular imaging in patients with endometrial cancer," by M. Ukai and colleagues is presented.