Search for dissertations about: "pap smears"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words pap smears.

2. 1. Bacterial Vaginosis : Diagnosis, Prevalence, and Treatment

   Author : Katarina Eriksson; Per-Göran Larsson; Urban Forsum; Ann-Sofie Adolfsson; Inger Mattsby-Baltzer; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Bacterial vaginosis; prevalence; diagnosis; PAP-smear; probiotic treatment; clindamycin; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is a disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by a foul smelling vaginal discharge, loss or reduction of the normal vaginal Lactobacilli, and overgrowth of other anaerobic bacteria. Thus, it presents a formidable problem for clinicians as well as microbiologists researching its etiology, clinical course, treatment, and epidemiology. READ MORE

4. 2. Kvinnohälsa i perspektiv : studier med barnmorskor och läkare samt med kvinnor som vårdbrukare : exempel från cervixcancerscreening och obstetrisk vård av omskurna kvinnor

   Author : Catarina Widmark; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Women s health; cancer screening; vaginal smears; female circumcision; qualitative method; focus groups; professional practice; midwifery; nursing;

   Abstract : In this thesis two areas of women's health are examined from different stakeholder perspectives. The areas are cervical cancer screening (CCS; articles I, III, V) and obstetrical care of circumcised/infibulated women (articles II, IV). READ MORE

5. 3. Women’s encounters with biomedical technology in the realm of cervical cancer screening

   Author : Anette Forss; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : As a form of biomedical technology, the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear has been described as the most widely used and established cane er- screening tool in the world. In Sweden, Pap smear technology triggered what is today an established secondary preventive intervention directed towards 'healthy' women to detect those at risk for developing cervical cancer, a potentially fatal disease, as well as those with the disease. READ MORE

6. 4. Bacterial vaginosis : Diagnosis, treatment and significance in gynaecological practice

   Author : Per-Göran Larsson; Bengt Fredricsson; Östergötlands Läns Landsting; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a syndrome which is characterized of a disagreeable vaginal discharge but not necessarily an increase in discharge and is present in nearly 20-30% of women attending gynaecological out-patient clinics. Some women have BV unknowingly but others suffer the disagreeable discharge as a lifelong nuisance and areconstantly visiting physicians without relief. READ MORE

7. 5. Cervical cancer screening. Knowledge, attitudes and experiences among women and midwives

   Author : Monica Ideström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : cervical cancer screening; cervical cancer; Papanicolaou smear; knowledge; attitude; ; experience; coping; dysplasia; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia CIN ; midwife; information; Grounded Theory;

   Abstract : Population based cervical cancer screening (CCS), performed by midwives, to detect cellularatypia before it develops into cancer, has been in force in Sweden since the 1970s. Thepositive effects of the subsequent decline in morbidity and mortality due to cervix cancer arewell documented but does screening also have negative consequences?Aims: To investigate knowledge about, attitudes to and experience of CCS (i) among womenin general, (ii) among women with experience of two mildly atypical Pap smears, (iii) amongwomen diagnosed with cervical cancer and (iv) among midwives who manage CCS. READ MORE