IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 48 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog.2021.02.5507
Open Access Original Research
Oxidative stress status in severe OHSS patients who underwent long agonist protocol intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Etlik Womens’ Health and Teaching Hospital, 06170 Ankara, Turkey
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey
3 Program of Medical Laboratory Techniques, Vocational School of Health Sciences, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey
4 Department of Histology and Embryology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, 06590 Ankara, Turkey
*Correspondence: drsuleymanguven@yahoo.com (Suleyman Guven)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2021, 48(2), 312–316; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog.2021.02.5507
Submitted: 4 February 2020 | Revised: 15 July 2020 | Accepted: 31 July 2020 | Published: 15 April 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Abstract

Purpose of investigation: Current infertility treatment strategies may result in ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), which can present with hemodynamic instability that involves hemoconcentration, hypoxia, and liver and renal dysfunction that may result from thrombosis. This study’s purpose was to measure the serum biochemical oxidative stress markers in women with severe OHSS. Material and methods: For this prospective controlled study, serum levels of ischemia modified albumin (IMA), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), total oxidative capacity (TOS), oxidative stress capacity (OSI), and serum malondialdehyde (MDA) were measured in women with (n = 25) and without (n = 27) OHSS. Results: In our study, we observed significant differences between the two groups in terms of IMA, TAC, TOS, OSI, and MDA levels. High oxidative stress parameter levels in the OHSS group may indicate that OHSS is an oxidative stress condition. A bivariate correlation analysis revealed a significant correlation between serum TOS level, OSI ratio, and embryo or oocyte quality scores. In addition, there was a negative, non-significant tendency among OHSS patients regarding high IMA, OSI, TOS, and MDA levels and low oocyte and embryo scores. Pregnancy results were not affected in a statistically significantly manner. Conclusion: These results might indicate that oxidative stress status and oxygen radicals may negatively affect ART cycle outcomes.

Keywords
IMA
ICSI
Infertility
OHSS
Oxidative stress
Ovulation induction
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