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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
6064
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1977-6-22
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pubmed:abstractText |
Basal body temperature recordings are extensively used to diagnose and treat infertility, but too great an emphasis on the interpretation of these charts might be counter-productive in managing these patients. Several gynaecologists who use temperature charts clinically were asked to score 60 charts taken from a selection of normal and infertile women, and their results were compared with those obtained by a group of non-experts. Since the full hormonal profiles had been obtained for each of the 60 charts the accuracy of the predictions could be assessed. About 80% of the temperature charts were correctly interpreted by both groups as being either ovulatory or anovulatory but the day of ovulation was predicted correctly for only about 34% of the charts. When the charts were examined retrospectively the thermal nadir was found to coincide with the luteinising hormone surge in 43% of the charts from normal subjects but in only 25% of those from the infertile patients. Predicting the day of ovulation from the temperature recording, particularly in infertile women, is clearly unjustified.
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pubmed:commentsCorrections |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-14771144,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-14849636,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-3476,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-4471502,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-4620625,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-4635743,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-4694500,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-4834794,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-5064435,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-5126268,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-5412547,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/856386-5474006
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Mar
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pubmed:issn |
0007-1447
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
26
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pubmed:volume |
1
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
803-5
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-11-18
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pubmed:meshHeading |
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pubmed:year |
1977
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Problems in using basal body temperature recordings in an infertility clinic.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Clinical Trial,
Controlled Clinical Trial
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