Biomaterial Database

A fresh look at natural family planning. 2010

Brian Torske

St. Alexius Heart and Lung Clinic, Bismarck, ND, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010061	Ovulation Detection	Method to determine the occurrence of OVULATION by direct or indirect means. Indirect methods examine the effects of PROGESTERONE on cervical mucus (CERVIX MUCUS), or basal body temperature. Direct ovulation detection, generally used in fertility treatment, involves analyses of circulating hormones in blood and ULTRASONOGRAPHY.	Ovulation Detection, Basal Body Temperature Method,Ovulation Detection, Cervical Mucus Method,Ovulation Detection, Sympto-Thermal Method,Detection, Ovulation,Ovulation Detection, Sympto Thermal Method,Ovulation Detections
D010353	Patient Education as Topic	The teaching or training of patients concerning their own health needs.	Education of Patients,Education, Patient,Patient Education
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012252	Natural Family Planning Methods	A class of natural contraceptive methods in which SEXUAL ABSTINENCE is practiced a few days before and after the estimated day of ovulation, during the fertile phase. Methods for determining the fertile period or OVULATION DETECTION are based on various physiological indicators, such as circulating hormones, changes in cervical mucus (CERVIX MUCUS), and the basal body temperature.	Natural Family Planning,Periodic Abstinence,Rhythm Method of Family Planning,Rhythm Method of Family Planning, Calendar,Rhythm Method of Family Planning, Cervical Mucus,Rhythm Method of Family Planning, Temperature,Symptothermal Method of Family Planning,Abstinence, Periodic,Family Planning, Natural
D044384	Ovulation Prediction	Predicting the time of OVULATION can be achieved by measuring the preovulatory elevation of ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE or other hormones in BLOOD or URINE. Accuracy of ovulation prediction depends on the completeness of the hormone profiles, and the ability to determine the preovulatory LH peak.	Predicting Ovulation,Prediction, Ovulation