Name: Handbook of Palliative Care in Cancer By Alexander Waller
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Handbook of Palliative Care in Cancer by Alexander Waller

Palliative care is medical care that reduces the severity of and alleviates the terrible symptoms of a disease without curing the disease itself. This is a practical handbook of all information needed to make clinical decisions regarding the care of terminally ill cancer patients. The book features appendices of generic and trade names of drugs used in palliative care marketed in the USA, Canada, the UK and Australia.

Introduction to palliative care. Symbols and abbreviations used in this book. Part 1 Pain control: general considerations; principles and techniques of pharmacologic management. Part 2 Nutrition and hydration. Part 3 Weakness. Part 4 Dermatologic and related problems: smelly tumours; pressure sores; stomas and fistulas; peripheral edema; lymphedema; pruritus; other skin problems. Part 5 Gastrointestinal and abdominal: oral complications and mouth care; anorexia; dysphagia; hiccups; dyspepsia; gastrointestinal bleeding; nausea and vomiting; constipation; faecal impaction; bowel obstruction; diarrhoea and rectal discharge; ascites. Part 6 Respiratory: dyspnea; cough; haemptysis; pleural effusions; superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. Part 7 Urinary: urinary incontinence; frequency and retention; haematuria; dysuria and bladder spasms. Part 8 Neurologic and neuropsychiatric: the mental status examination; brain metastases; seizures; spinal cord compression; confusional states; depression and suicide; extrapyramidal drug reactions; anxiety; insomnia. Part 9 Orthopaedic: bone metastases. Part 10 Metabolic: hypercalcaemia; electrolyte abnormalities. Part 11 Fever and infection. Part 12 Terminal care: the final hours. Appendices: drugs used in palliative care - generic and trade names of commonly used drugs, drug profiles; subcutaneous (SQ) infusions; transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS); pain management chart - quick reference (inside front cover); pupil-size chart and visual analog scale (inside back cover).

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CIN075069744XG

ISBN 13

9780750697446

ISBN 10

075069744X

Title

Handbook of Palliative Care in Cancer by Alexander Waller

Author

Alexander Waller

Condition

Used - Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Year published

19960430

Number of pages

520

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