[Exam 1] Chapter 4 - Common Reproductive Issues Flashcards
What is infertility
Inability to conceive child after 1 year of regular sexual intercourse
What is secondary infertility
Inability to conceive after previous pregnancy
How do African Americans feel about assistance for Infertility?
Assisted reproductive techniques are unnatrual and that they remove the spiritual nature of creation . Will seek spiritual help instead
How do Hispanics feel about relationships?
Believe that children validate the marriage so families large
Infertility & Etiology: REproduction requires that four things?
Release of normal preovulatory oocyte
Production of adequate spermatoza
Normal transport of gametes to fallopian tube
Subsequence transport of cleaving embryo into endometrail cavity
Infertility & Risk Factors: Major ones for women?
Weight Change
Hormonal Imbalances
Tubual BLockages
Reduced Oocyte Quality
Older than 27
History of PID
Exposure to Chemotherpeutic Agents
Infertility & Risk Factors: Major ones for men?
Exposure to toxic substances
Weed/Alcohol
Genitials in high temperature
Cushing Syndrome
Mumps
Infertility & Therapeutic Management: Majority of infertility cases treated how
with drugs or surgery
Infertility & Therapeutic Management: Treatment options include what?
Lifestyle Changes: Weight loss and No Smoking
Clomiphene to promote oovulation
Hormone injections
Intrauterine Insemination
IVF
Infertility & Nursing Assessment: What should the nurse collect here?
Full medical history taken from both partners, along with physical examination.
Infertility & Nursing Assessment: What is done during the first visit?
Plan of investigation is outlined and complete history taken.
Infertility & Assessing Male Factors: Initial screening should include
reproductive history and semen analysis.
Infertility & Assessing Male Factors: What should men do to prepare for semen analysis?
Abstain from sexual activity for 24-48 hours
Infertility & Assessing Male Factors: How should a man perform a semen analysis?`
Ejaculate into container and deliver to lab within 1-2 hours.
Infertility & Assessing Male Factors: What is analyzed in semen analysis?
Volume, viscosity, number of sperm, sperm viability, motibility, and shape
Infertility & Treatment: What to know for Climiphene Citrate (Clomid)?
Nonsteroidal synthetic antiestrogen used to induce ovulation. Discontinued after three cycles
Infertility & Treatment: What to know for Human Menopausal Gonadotropin (HMG)?
Induces ovulation by direct stimulation of ovarian follicle
Infertility & Treatment: What to know for Artifical Insemination
Insertion of prepared semen sample on cervical cavity. Enables sperm to be deposited closer to improve chances
Infertility & Treatment: What to know for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Oocytes fertilized in lab and transfered to the uterus.
Infertility & Treatment: What is In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) indicated for
Indicated for tubual obsturction, endometriosis, pelvic adhesions and low sperm counts
Infertility & Treatment: What to know for Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT)
Oocytes and sperm are combined and immediately placed in the fallopian tube so fertilization can occur naturally. Requires laparoscopy
Infertility & Treatment: What to know for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
One sperm injected into cytoplasm of the oocyte to fertilize it. Indicated for male factor infertility
Infertility & Treatment: What to know for Donor Oocytes
Eggs/Sperm retireved from donor and eggs inseminated and transfered with IVF
Infertility & Treatment: What to know for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
Used to identify genetic defects in embryos created through IVF before pregnancy
Infertility & Treatment: What to know for Gestational Carrier
Laboratory fertilziation takes place and embryos transfered to the uterus of another woman, who will carry pregnancy
Infertility & Assessing Female Factors: Diagnostic tests to test infertility include what
Assess ovary function
Ovulation preductir
Urinary LH level
Clomiphene Citrate Challenge test
Infertility & Assessing Female Factors: What are Home Ovulation Predictor Kits?
Contain monoclonal antibodies specific for LH and use ELISA to determine amount of LH present in urine. Significant color change indicates LH surge and most fertile day of month
Infertility & Assessing Female Factors: What is the Clomiphene Citrate Challenge test?
Used to assess womans ovarian reserve (Ability of eggs to become fertilized)
Infertility & Assessing Female Factors: How is the Clomiphene Citrate Challenge test performed?
LSH levels drawn on day 3 and on day 10 after woman has taken 100 mg clomiphene on days 5-9. FSH > 15 is considered abnormal
Infertility & Assessing Female Factors: What is a Hysterosalpingography?
Assesses patency of fallopian tubes. 3-10 mL of contrast slowly injected through catheter into the endocervical canal so that uterus and tubes can be visualized during fluroscopy.
Infertility & Assessing Female Factors: What if fallopian tube patent in Hysterosalpingography?
Dye will ascent upward and distend the uterus and tubes and will spill out into the peritoneal cavity
Infertility & Assessing Female Factors: What is a Laparoscopy?
Used when abnormalities are found on ultrasound. Endoscope inserted through small incision in anterior abdominal wall.
Contraception & Types: Can be divided into what four types?
Behavioral Methods
Barrier Methods
Hormonal Methods
Permanent Methods
Contraception & Types: What are behavioral methods?
Abstinence
Fertility Awareness
Withdrawal
Lactational Amenorrhea Method
Contraception & Types: What are Barrier Methods?
COndom
Diaphrahm
Cervical Cup
Sponge
Contraception & Types: What are Hormonal Methods?
Oral Contraceptive
Injective Contraceptive
Vaginal Ring
Contraception & Types: What are permanent methods?
Tubal ligation or essure for women
Vasectomy for men
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: What does this refer to?
Any natural contraceptive method that does not require hormones, pharmaceutical compounds, or surgery to prevent pregnancys
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: What do these focus on?
Physical signs and symptomss that change with hormone fluctution throughout womens menstural cycle to predict a womans fertilitys
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: When does ovulation occur?
On one day each menstrual cycle.
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: What is the fertile window?
The potentially fertile dyas up to and including the day of ovulation
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: What is the theme of this method?
That women can reduce their change of pregnancy by abstaining from coitus or using barrier methods during times of fertility
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: When is a single ovum released?
14 days before next menstrual period . Lives for 24 hours
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: How long can sperm live?
Up to 5 days . Therefore unsafe period is 3 days before and 3 days after ovulation.
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods: What must we do since exact time of ovulation cannot be determined?
2-3 days are added to the beginning and end to avoid pregnancy
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods - Cervical Mucus Ovulation Method: What is cervical mucus?
Jellylike vaginal discharge from cervix
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods - Cervical Mucus Ovulation Method: What does this assess?
The character of the cervical mucus. In days preceding ovulation, this mucus helps draw sperm up and into fallopian tubes and helps them survive
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods - Cervical Mucus Ovulation Method: How does mucus appear as ovulation draws closer?
Mucus becomes more abundant, clear, slippery, and smooth. can be stretched between two fingers without breaking
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods - Cervical Mucus Ovulation Method: What is the name for the mucus during ovulation?
Spinnbarkeit mucus.
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods - Cervical Mucus Ovulation Method: Mucus after ovulation?
Becomes thick and dry under the influence of progestero
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods - Cervical Mucus Ovulation Method: How does cervix feel near ovulation??
Is soft and is high/deep in the vagina, the os is slightly open, and the cervical mucus is copious and slippery
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods - Basal Body Temperature Method: What does this refer to?
The lowest temperature reached on awakening.
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods - Basal Body Temperature Method: How is this performed?
Temp taken orally before rising.
Contraception & Fertility Awareness-Based Methods - Basal Body Temperature Method: How are temperatures here?
Preovulation temp suppressed by estrogen, where postovulation temp are increased under influence of heat-inducing progesterone
Temps rise within a day or two after ovulation and remain elevated for two weeks after