A woman has gone to her gynecologist complaining of pain during intercourse. The physician orders a maturation index on her vaginal scrapings. The results return an index of 75-25-0
The nurse can interpret this to mean
A)
she is in the beginning of cervical cancer.
B)
she is in the prime of her reproductive years.
C)
she is in a perimenopausal phase.
D)
she is experiencing postmenopausal vaginal dryness.
Ans:
D
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The vaginal scrapings are used for a test, the maturation index, that examines the cellular structure and configuration of the vaginal epithelial cells. Typically, this index is 0-40-60 during the reproductive years. With diminished estrogen levels, there is a shift to the left, producing an index of 30-40-30 during the perimenopausal period, and an index of 75-25-0 occurs during the postmenopausal period.
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