2 Enlarged prostate A guide to diagnosis and treatment About this booklet This booklet is for men who want to know more about a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate gland, called benign prostatic enlargement (BPE). You may also hear this condition called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). We describe the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of an enlarged prostate.Your partner or family might also find this booklet useful to help them understand the condition.
The nurse is assisting to prepare a nursing care plan for a patient with continuous IVs. The goal of IV therapy is to: 1. promote and maintain fluid and electrolyte balance. 2. promote drug blood levels when the patient is able to take liquid medication by mouth. 3. promote oxygen and carbon dioxide homeostasis. 4. balance plasma acidity levels.
The goal of combination chemotherapy is to: 1  kill as many cancer cells as possible without causing too much damage to healthy cells or side effects (toxicity). 2  increase the chances of killing cancer cells, regardless of where they are in the cell cycle. rate of growth of the cancer cells. 2  Chemotherapy is most effective against cancer cells that are actively dividing. 3  drug dose. 4  Doctors try to give a dose that will have the best possible response, while not causing serious side effects.