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Maternal phenylketonuria: case management as a preventive approach to a chronic condition affecting pregnancy.

Abstract
Women with PKU are at extremely high risk for bearing children with multiple congenital anomalies and mental retardation. PKU related psychoeducational and psychosocial issues can impact reproductive decision making and the ability to resume and/or maintain a restricted phenylalanine diet prior to and during pregnancy. Intensive case management may provide a preventive approach to the current "crisis" in the management of maternal phenylketonuria, as well as facilitate ongoing diet therapy during adolescence and adulthood.
AuthorsC A Hickey, C Covington
JournalNAACOG's clinical issues in perinatal and women's health nursing (NAACOGS Clin Issu Perinat Womens Health Nurs) Vol. 1 Issue 2 Pg. 214-25 ( 1990) ISSN: 1046-7475 [Print] United States
PMID2390405 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Topics
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Patient Care Planning
  • Patient Compliance
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Phenylketonurias (diet therapy, nursing, psychology)
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications (nursing)

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