ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Health care providers who care for patients with seizure disorders should be able to recognize progressive myoclonus epilepsy. Progressive myoclonus epilepsy is a syndrome confused with myoclonic seizures and other epilepsies. The main symptom is myoclonus, a brief involuntary muscle jerk of varying intensity that can throw a patient against a wall or to the ground. This article describes major types of progressive myoclonus epilepsy, a typical case presentation and two clinical drug trials available for these patients. The focus of clinical drug trials is to identify a drug that controls the myoclonus and improves the quality of life for the affected individual. There is no cure for patients with progressive myoclonus epilepsy. 5-hydroxy-Ltryptophan and piracetam are two drugs available through clinical research protocols to patients with progressive myoclonus epilepsy.

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men, affecting one in 11 men in the United States. Early detection in the preclinical stage offers the best chance of increased survival, decreased morbidity and possible cure. Prostate-specific-antigen assay is rapidly joining the digital rectal exam as the standard early detection test for prostate cancer because digital rectal exam alone is no longer considered adequate. The American Cancer Society now recommends an annual serum prostate-specific-antigen test for every man age 50 or older, and current evidence strongly suggests that combining the serum prostate-specific-antigen test with the digital rectal exam increases the early detection rate for prostate cancer. This article describes prostate-cancer screening guidelines, serum prostate-specific-antigen test interpretation and an algorithm for abnormal serum prostate-specificantigen test follow-up

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Research suggests that the rate of HIV infection is increasing dramatically in African-American and Hispanic youths who live in low-income, urban areas. Nurses need information about these youths' negative experiences with condoms to intervene effectively in the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. This article discusses negative experiences with using condoms that were reported by a subsample of condom users (n=975) from a household probability sample of low-income, urban, African- American and Hispanic youths. Condom users were asked about 12 different negative experiences with condoms. Results from this household survey highlight a need for nurses to provide clients with specific directions about how to use condoms correctly and to encourage clients to practice putting on condoms

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

With the closing of hospitals, communities must work together to provide access to health care. This article reports on the development of a prenatal nurse managed clinic, and its expansion to include a birth center, well child/ sick-child clinic, teen pregnancy program and family planning clinic. The staff includes four certified nurse midwives, five pediatric nurse practitioners, a bilingual certified clinical nurse specialist and a bilingual social worker. Through the innovative management of these professionals, the incidences of low-birth weight infants and pregnancy induced hypertension have decreased. Since 1988 when the clinic first opened, first trimester enrollment has increased from 12 percent to 25 percent and third trimester enrollment has decreased from 44 percent to 21 percent because clients go to the clinic earlier. At the largest emergency room in the county, visits by Medicaid recipients under six years of age have decreased 27 percent from the time the pediatric clinic opened

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The family nurse practitioner with Columbine Family Health Center in Nederland, Colo

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1993

数据来源: OVID