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Ventilator parameters during surgery were comparable, and incidences of both postoperative pulmonary and nonpulmonary complications were also comparable between the 2 groups. CONCLUSION Second-generation LMA could provide an adequate pulmonary gas exchange compared with ETT during LDKT. In terms of pulmonary gas exchange, second-generation LMA could be considered as a suitable alternative to ETT during prolonged abdominal surgery. RESEARCH QUESTION When and how does the gradual transition of the endocrine control of early pregnancy from the corpus luteum to the placenta, termed luteoplacental shift, take place? DESIGN Prospective analysis of serum progesterone levels in pregnancies (n = 88) resulting from programmed frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles in which ovulation was suppressed and no corpus luteum was present. Dydrogesterone, which does not cross-react with progesterone in immunoassay or spectrometric assay, was used for luteal phase and early pregnancy support. Progesterone, oestradiol and hCG were measured at regular intervals from before pregnancy achievement until +65 to 71 days after embryo transfer by Roche Elecsys electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (Elecsys ECLIA) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). RESULTS Serum progesterone remained at baseline levels on first blood analysis +9 to 15 days after embryo transfer and increased only marginally independently from the type of pregnancy up to +16 to 22 days after embryo transfer. From +23 to 29 days after embryo transfer, progesterone increased non-linearly above 1.0 ng/ml and increased further throughout the first trimester with elevated levels in multiples. Oestradiol levels increased in parallel with progesterone; hCG plateaued around +37 to 43 days. Progesterone levels were significant predictors for pregnancy viability from +23 to 29 days after embryo transfer onwards with best accuracy +37 to 43 days after embryo transfer (receiver operator characteristic analysis area under the curve 0.98; 95% CI 0.94 to 1; P = 0.0009). CONCLUSIONS The onset of substantial progesterone production is the 7th gestational week. Progesterone increase is non-linear, depends on chorionicity and zygosity, and may have predictive potential on the outcome of pregnancies originating from frozen embryo transfer cycles. RESEARCH QUESTION The study objective was to evaluate the impact of a previous Caesarean section on fertility outcomes in women undergoing IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). DESIGN A retrospective cohort study was designed that included 1793 women undergoing IVF/ICSI who had had a previous delivery from January 2015 to December 2016. The primary outcome was live birth. Secondary outcomes were implantation, clinical pregnancy, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, multiple pregnancy and perinatal complications. RESULTS Of the 1793 women included, 796 had had a previous Caesarean section and 997 a previous vaginal delivery. Propensity score matching in a 11 ratio resulted in 538 women per group. Compared with women with a previous vaginal delivery, women with a previous Caesarean section had a lower live birth rate (30.1% versus 38.1%, odds ratio [OR] 0.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.54-0.90) and a higher miscarriage rate (25.9% versus 17.5%, OR 1.65, 95% CI 1.06-2.56). Among other secondary outcomes, implantation rates were 32.9% and 37.1% (OR 0.83, 95% CI 0.69-1.01), and clinical pregnancy rates were 42.4% and 46.8% (OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.66-1.06), in the Caesarean section group and vaginal delivery group, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences in terms of ectopic pregnancy, multiple pregnancy or perinatal outcomes between the groups. Further adjustment for confounders did not change the result of the primary outcome (OR 0.64, 95% CI 0.49-0.84). CONCLUSIONS Women undergoing IVF/ICSI who have had a previous Caesarean section have a lower live birth rate and a higher miscarriage rate than those with a previous va