Liu SL Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Gynaecology , Obstetrics , Andrology , Pediatrics
Department of Reproductive Medicine, KK Women
Dr Liu Shuling is a Consultant at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. She is a clinical lecturer at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, a Clinical Faculty at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, an Adjunct Instructor at Duke NUS Medical School and a part time lecturer at Department of Pharmacy (NUS). She is the lead physician in the Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL) clinic at KK Hospital and also runs the infertility clinic, ADGYN clinic and the general clinic for obstetrics and gynaecology.
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Author(s): Tan SQ, Lim WW, Liu SL, Phoon WLJ, Tan TY, Viardot V, Chan J, Nadarajah S and Tan HH
Background: Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist cycle was the traditional method of ovarian stimulation at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital IVF Centre. This long cycle involved many injections, with a poor side effect profile. The GnRH antagonist cycle was introduced in year 2000, with fewer injections per cycle and better side effect profile.
Aim: Our department aims to encourage transition from the GnRH agonist cycle to GnRH antagonist cycle, with complete changeover by 2013. Methods: The transformation process was organized according to Kotter’s Eight-Step Change Model from the first half of 2012.
Results: This transition led to a five times reduction in the n... view moreĀ»