ISSN:1042-895X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Digestive problems in women are common and sometimes debilitating. Twenty percent of women suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, 20% have constipation, and all American women will need screening for colon cancer, the number two cause of cancer death in women. This article reviews management of these disorders as well as lower gastrointestinal symptoms associated with menses, hysterectomy, fecal incontinence, and rectal bleeding.

ISSN:1042-895X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1042-895X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The purpose of this article is to introduce practicing nurses to qualitative research. Qualitative research terms are defined, philosophy of science is briefly discussed, and several types of qualitative research studies are described. A hermeneutic phenomenological study of infant colic is described as an example of qualitative research useful in gastroenterology nursing. Finally, suggested criteria for evaluating a qualitative study are introduced.

ISSN:1042-895X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

It is estimated that more than 15 million Americans suffer daily from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) (De Vault, 1995). The spectrum of symptoms for GERD ranges from simple heartburn and regurgitation to persistent esophageal tissue damage with subsequent development of serious complications. The frequent occurrence and intensity of GERD symptoms can severely impact a person’s quality of life (Behar, 1990). Until recently, treatment options included a lifetime of drug therapy, disagreeable daily lifestyle changes, and the possibility of invasive surgery.In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration cleared a new endoscopic tool called the EndoCinch™, a device that enables endoscopic endoluminal gastroplication as an outpatient procedure for the treatment of GERD. Endoscopic endoluminal gastroplication has been shown to be a safe and effective therapeutic outpatient procedure offering sustainable clinical benefits and cost savings to patients suffering with GERD (Patel, 2001;Raijman, 2001;Weiland, 2001). The purpose of this article is to present an overview of GERD with a particular focus on management of the disease using this new procedure.

ISSN:1042-895X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

Nursing case management has been in practice since the 1800s when it was first created to coordinate and improve healthcare delivery to the poor and immigrant populations in the United States. In the 1950s and again in 1972, the government mandated programs that provided a community-based continuum of care for the mentally ill and elderly populations. Historically a community service, nursing case management moved into the acute care setting in the 1980s when Medicare implemented its prospective payment system organized as diagnosis-related groups, thus prompting hospitals to use nurse case managers to coordinate care and ultimately reduce costs.

ISSN:1042-895X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

It is estimated that 19 million people in the United States may suffer from diseases related to the small intestine, including obscure bleeding, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohns disease, chronic diarrhea, and cancer. Current diagnostic methods, including push enteroscopy and radiology, produce historically low diagnostic yield. Early studies show that the M2A™ Capsule Endoscope effectively visualizes the entire small bowel and demonstrates a 71% superior diagnostic yield when compared to push enteroscopy according to clinical trials reviewed by the FDA. In addition to potentially higher diagnostic yields, it provides a noninvasive diagnostic alternative where none previously existed. The M2A™ Capsule Endoscope received FDA clearance in August 2001 and is currently in use at major medical centers throughout the United States and Europe.

ISSN:1042-895X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1042-895X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1042-895X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:1042-895X    

出版商:OVID    

年代:2002

数据来源: OVID