ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1985

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1985

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1985

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Infertility has been described as a major developmental crisis. It affects one out of every six couples of childbearing age in the United States. With infertility rates increasing, it is likely that nurse practitioners will encounter patients seeking help for this problem. Although eventual management of these patients requires specialists, nurse practitioners can initiate the workup and provide patient support and education. This article describes the first-level approach to infertility investigation. It provides guidelines for taking the history, doing the physical and ordering laboratory tests. A discussion of infertility as a crisis is included in order to help practitioners provide empathetic support to couples facing fertility problems.

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1985

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Hypertension affects at least 40 million people in the United States today. Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension relies on modifications in the diet and lifestyle. In refractory cases, the initiation of drug treatment is necessary. Although dietary sodium restriction is widely advocated, assessment of compliance to a reduced sodium diet has been difficult. This article discusses the use of a urinary chloride titrator stick to enable patients to monitor their dietary sodium intake at home. This tool increased compliance to a low sodium diet in the test population.

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1985

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

True stress incontinence due to a weakened pelvic floor is one of the most frequently cited urologic complaints of multiparous women past age 40. One treatment modality currently used to treat stress incontinence is exercising the pubococcygeus muscle. Combining biofeedback therapy with a vaginal probe (perineometer) helps patients identify the muscle, provides immediate feedback and assists the nurse and patient in assessing problem resolution. This article describes an intervention program using biofeedback, and measured Kegel's exercises on a small number of women with symptoms of stress incontinence. The lessening of symptoms became a major factor in continued compliance with the exercise program.

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1985

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1985

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1985

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1985

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0361-1817    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1985

数据来源: OVID