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Infertility classification: a work in progress sounds like SOAP revisited.

Sanfilippo JS

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee-Womens Hospital, 300 Halket Street, Rm. 2232, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. jsanfilippo@mail.magee.edu

Documentation and communication regarding infertility evaluation and management continue to be a work in progress. Grading systems focused on the degree of infertility and the associated prognosis are a step in the right direction. A subjective, objective, assessment, plan (SOAP) approach is a logical way to provide a detailed method of communication and documentation when dealing with infertile couples.

Published 11 April 2005 in Fertil Steril, 83(4): 842-3.
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