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Title Problem solving in acute oncology / edited by Ernie Marshall, Alison Young, Peter I. Clark, Peter Selby.

Imprint Oxford : Clinical Publishing, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
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online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Problem Solving in Acute Oncology
Problem Solving in Acute Oncology.
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Section One: Perspectives in the Development of Acute Oncology; 01 The Development of Acute Oncology: Solutions and Options; 02 Nursing Developments in Acute Oncology; 03 Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP); 04 The Acute Cancer Patient in the Acute Medical Admitting Unit; 05 High-Risk Patients OutsideIntensive Care; 06 High-Dependency Unit Contribution; 07 Intensive Care Unit for Cancer Patients; 08 Managing Acute Issues in Oncology in Canada and the United States; 09 Managing Acute Issues in Oncology in Australasia
10 Acute Oncology in a District Hospital -- the Airedale Perspective11 The Future of Acute Oncology; Section two: Complications of Systemic Therapy; 12 Febrile Neutropenia; 13 Tumour Lysis Syndrome; 14 Antiangiogenic Therapy; 15 Cardiac Toxicity; 16 Liver Problems; 17 Acute Kidney Injury; 18 Chemotherapy-Related Renal Toxicity; 19 Metabolic Complications; 20 Diabetes; 21 Cutaneous Manifestations of Chemotherapy; 22 Gut Infections and Acute Diarrhoea; 23 Peripheral Neurotoxicity; 24 Central Neurotoxicity; 25 Chemotherapy-Induced Lung Toxicity; Section Three: Complications of Radiotherapy
26 Radiation Pneumonitis27 Radiation-Induced Head and Neck Mucositis; 28 Management of Radiotherapy-Related Acute Skin Toxicity in the Acute Oncology Setting; 29 Toxicity Related to PelvicRadiotherapy; 30 Central Nervous System Toxicity of Radiotherapy; Section Four: Complications of Cancer; 31 Spinal Cord Compression; 32 Superior Vena Cava Obstruction; 33 Brain Metastases; 34 Paraneoplastic Syndromes; 35 Venous Thromboembolism; 36 Malignant Renal Obstruction; 37 Management of Malignant Ascites in the Acute Oncology Setting; 38 Malignant Pleural Effusion
39 Metabolic Complications of Malignancy: Hypercalcaemia40 Metabolic Complications of Malignancy: Hyponatraemia; 41 Bowel Obstruction in Acute Oncology; 42 Malignant Pericardial Effusion; Section Five: Acute Palliative Care and Pain Control; 43 Initiating Pain Management; 44 Neuropathic Cancer Pain; Section Six: Patients in Clinical Trials; 45 Management of Acute Toxicity of Patients in Clinical Trials; 46 Recording and Reporting Adverse Events in the Context of Clinical Trials; 47 Informed Consent in Clinical Trials: A Dynamic Process; Index
Summary In the United Kingdom there has been increasing attention paid to the needs of cancer patients who present acutely with issues relating to their diagnosis and management, complications of their cancer, complications arising from their treatment, or who require appropriate symptom control or palliative care. These issues are being considered carefully by a wide range of professionals working in oncology, government health departmentsand other bodies. There is now a substantial service development to ensure that Acute Oncology is appropriately provided in order to improve the outcomes and wellbe.
Language English.
Subject Oncology.
Cancer.
Hospital wards.
National health services.
Health facilities.
Organization.
Medical care.
Health services administration.
Diagnosis.
Acute diseases.
Emergency medical services.
Neoplasms -- diagnosis
Hospital Departments
Health Services
Hospital Administration
Pathologic Processes
Health Facilities
Organization and Administration
Delivery of Health Care
Health Services Administration
Neoplasms
Diagnosis
Neoplasms -- complications
Acute Disease
Emergency Medical Services
Oncology Service, Hospital
Medical Oncology
Patient Care
Cancérologie.
Cancer.
Hôpitaux -- Services.
Services de santé.
Hôpitaux -- Administration.
Équipements sanitaires.
Organisation.
Prestation de soins.
Services de santé -- Administration.
Diagnostics.
Maladies aiguës.
Services des urgences médicales.
Soins médicaux.
hospital wards.
health facilities.
diagnosis.
emergency medical centers.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Organization
National health services
Medical care
Hospital wards
Health services administration
Health facilities
Emergency medical services
Diagnosis
Acute diseases
Cancer
Oncology
Genre/Form Case Reports
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Added Author Marshall, Ernie, editor.
Young, Alison (Medical oncologist), editor.
Clark, Peter I., editor.
Selby, P. (Peter), editor.
Other Form: 1846921082
ISBN 1846926491
9781846926495
9781846921087
1846921082
Standard No. DEBBG BV042795003
DEBBG BV043960736
DEBSZ 481288716

 
    
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