The perioperative nurse's role in assisted-fertility procedures. 1997

B J Robinson
Allegheny University Hospitals, Hahnemann Division, Philadelphia, USA.

Infertility is the inability to achieve pregnancy within a stipulated period of time (ie, one year) or the repeated failure to carry a pregnancy to term. Advances in assistive reproductive technology have enabled many couples to overcome infertility, but health care providers need to remember that these couples require much support. This article addresses the perioperative nurse's responsibilities during assisted-fertility procedures that are performed in the OR (eg, transvaginal oocyte retrieval, gamete intrafallopian transfer, zygote intrafallopian transfer.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D012099 Reproductive Techniques Methods pertaining to the generation of new individuals, including techniques used in selective BREEDING, cloning (CLONING, ORGANISM), and assisted reproduction (REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED). Reproductive Technology,Reproduction Technics,Reproduction Techniques,Reproductive Technologies,Technology, Reproductive,Reproduction Technic,Reproduction Technique,Reproductive Technique,Technic, Reproduction,Technics, Reproduction,Technique, Reproduction,Technique, Reproductive,Techniques, Reproduction,Techniques, Reproductive,Technologies, Reproductive
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013527 Perioperative Nursing Nursing care of the surgical patient before, during, and after surgery. Surgical Nursing,Nursing, Perioperative,Perianesthesia Nursing,Nursing, Perianesthesia

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