Principles and practice of palliativ...
Berger, Ann M.

 

  • Principles and practice of palliative care and supportive oncology[electronic resource] /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 616.99/406
    Title/Author: Principles and practice of palliative care and supportive oncology/ editors, Ann M. Berger, John L. Shuster, Jr., Jamie H. Von Roenn.
    other author: Berger, Ann M.
    Published: Philadelphia : : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,, c2013.
    Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 942 p.) : : ill.
    Subject: Cancer - Palliative treatment.
    Subject: Cancer - Complications
    Subject: Cancer pain - Treatment.
    Subject: Neoplasms - therapy.
    Subject: Neoplasms - complications.
    Subject: Pain Management - methods.
    Subject: Palliative Care - methods.
    [NT 15000227]: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    [NT 15000228]: Difficult pain syndromes: neuropathic pain, bone pain, and visceral pain -- Opioid pharmacotherapy -- Nonpharmacologic management of pain -- Interventional approaches to pain -- Pathology of bone metastases-implications for treatment -- Pathophysiology of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy -- Cancer-related fatigue -- Fever and sweats -- Hot flashes -- Anorexia/weight loss -- Dysphagia/speech rehabilitation in palliative care -- Chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting and treatment-related nausea and vomiting -- Assessment of management of chronic nausea and vomiting -- Diarrhea, malabsorption, and constipation -- Bowel obstruction -- Diagnosis and management of effusions -- Hiccups and other gastrointestinal symptoms -- Biology of treatment-induced mucositis -- Oral manifestations and complications of cancer therapy -- Approach to liver metastases in palliative oncology -- Palliative endoscope procedures -- Palliative interventional radiologic procedures -- Pruritus -- Treatment of tumor-related skin disorders -- Dermatologic adverse events during treatment -- Management of pressure ulcers and fungating wounds -- Lymphedema -- Principles of fistula and stoma management -- Dyspnea in the cancer patient -- Hemoptysis, airway obstruction, bronchospasm, cough, and pulmonary complications/symptoms of cancer and its treatment -- Prevention, assessment, and management of treatment-induced cardiac disease in cancer patients -- Management of hypercoagulable states and coagulopathy -- Urologic issues in palliative care -- Impact of hepatic and renal dysfunction on pharmacology of palliative care drugs -- Hypercalcemia -- Metabolic disorders in the cancer patient -- Infectious complications/management --
    Online resource: http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=n&CSC=Y&PAGE=booktext&D=books&AN=01720556
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