Test Bank For Women's Health Care In Advanced Practice Nursing 3rd Edition By Ivy M Alexander, 2023 | All Chapters Covered

Which form of birth control presents the highest risk to a female patient if she is exposed to a sexually transmitted disease (STD)? {Ans: IUD Exposure to an STD always increases the likelihood of contracting an STD. However, the patient is at very high risk of developing pelvic inflammatory disease when there is an implanted foreign body. An example of this is an intrauterine device (IUD). The risk is also increased with a diaphragm, but, because it is not implanted for long periods at a time, the risk is less than with an IUD.}A diagnosis of osteoporosis can be made when: {Ans: bone mineral density is 2.5 standard deviations below the mean Osteoporosis can be diagnosed with a bone mineral density test (BMD). The technique used is a dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). This is the most common clinical tool used to diagnose osteoporosis. Osteoporosis can also be diagnosed when there is a fragility fracture. This can be identified on x-ray. In an absence of trauma, a fragility fracture may indicate osteoporosis, multiple myeloma or other diseases. BMD that is 2.5 or more standard deviations below the young adult mean (or T-score of -2.5 or less) constitutes a