The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY, 2004
Chapter 86: Summary of NaProTECHNOLOGY Biomarkers
Thomas W Hilgers , M.D.
Author affiliations
Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, Omaha, Nebraska.ROR
Abstract
NaProTECHNOLOGY utilizes a defined panel of cycle-phase-specific biomarkers — including targeted progesterone, estradiol, LH, FSH, and prolactin drawn at CrMS-standardized cycle days — to characterize the hormonal profile underlying each patient's reproductive dysfunction. This biomarker summary consolidates reference ranges, collection timing rules, and clinical interpretation frameworks that govern diagnosis and treatment decisions across infertility, endometriosis, recurrent pregnancy loss, and cycle irregularity.
what biomarkers does NaProTechnology track, what does the mucus cycle score mean, luteinized unruptured follicle diagnosis serial ultrasound, limited mucus cycle and miscarriage risk, premenstrual spotting causes on fertility chart, can fertility charting predict bone density loss, CrMS chart versus ultrasound due date accuracy, ovulation disorder classification NaProTechnology
Hilgers TW2004The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY
Ovarian cysts in NaProTECHNOLOGY are classified as functional (follicular cysts, luteinized unruptured follicle, corpus luteum cysts) or pathological (endometriomas, neoplasms) through serial cycle-ti...
Ovarian cystsLuteinized unruptured follicleCreighton Model cycle charting
Hilgers TW2004The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY
The CREIGHTON MODEL FertilityCare System (CrMS) rests on a decades-long body of research demonstrating that cervical mucus functions as a physiologically regulated biological valve, opening predictabl...
Scientific FoundationsBiophysical Properties and Mucus TypingHormonal and Ultrasound Correlation
Hilgers TW2004The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY
PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome), increasingly designated PMOS (polycystic metabolic ovary syndrome) to reflect its metabolic complexity, is far more prevalent than its classic presentation suggests, ...
Epidemiology and PrevalenceMetabolic ReframeDefective Ovulatory Events
Hilgers TW2004The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY
Male infertility plays a clinically significant role in a large share of couples who struggle to conceive, yet standard laboratory criteria for semen analysis were designed primarily to predict succes...
Criteria and ClassificationMedical TreatmentSurgical Correction