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T Knoop

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PubMed1996

Polycythemia vera.

OBJECTIVES: To review the proliferative nature of polycythemia vera (PV), clinical features, laboratory findings, treatment options and controversies, and nursing management. DATA SOURCES: Textbook chapters and review articles that pertain to polycythemia vera. CONCLUSIONS: Polycythemia vera is a chronic myeloproliferative disorder that can evolve into acute leukemia. Treatment options include phlebotomy, myelosuppressive agents, interferon, and platelet inhibitors. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Nursing management of the patient with PV is challenging because of the evolving nature of the disease and treatment-related complications. Close monitoring and compliance with the treatment plan is necessary.

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PubMed1986

Sudden idiopathic hearing loss: psychopathology and antecedent stressful life-events.

Otologists repeatedly state that patients suffering from Sudden Idiopathic Hearing Loss (SIHL) often have significant emotional problems or stressful living conditions. The study described here compared males and females suffering from SIHL with controls without any impairment of the inner ear. Personality data were gathered by means of Faschingbauer's Abbreviated MMPI (FAM). Stress factors were assessed by an Inventory of Stressful Life-Events (ILE). SIHL patients reported more stressful life-events, whose distressing effects lasted until onset of symptoms, than controls. There was no significant influence of personality upon report of stress. Stress factors and inability to cope with these seem to be important psychological factors in SIHL patients, while psychopathological disturbances may be important for some but not for the majority of cases.

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