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.
Neoadjuvant therapy aims to reduce the size or extent of the cancer before using radical treatment intervention, thus making procedures easier and more likely to succeed, and reducing the consequences of a more extensive treatment technique that would be required if the tumor wasn't reduced in size or extent.