Internal medicine issues in palliative cancer care / / edited by David Hui, Eduardo Bruera ; Zubia S. Ahmad [and thirty seven others], contributors

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.99/4029
• Soggetto topico: Cancer - Palliative treatment
• Persona (resp. second.): HuiDavid <1975->; BrueraEduardo; AhmadZubia S.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Internal Medicine Issues in Palliative Cancer Care""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Contributors""; ""Section I Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 Principles of Internal Medicine in Palliative Care""; ""Chapter 2 Principles of Prognostication""; ""Chapter 3 Principles of Advance Care Planning""; ""Section II Pulmonary""; ""Chapter 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease""; ""Chapter 5 Pleural Effusion""; ""Chapter 6 Pulmonary Embolism""; ""Chapter 7 Noninvasive Ventilation""; ""Section III Cardiovascular""; ""Chapter 8 Heart Failure""; ""Chapter 9 Acute Coronary Syndrome"" ; ""Chapter 10 Pericardial Disease""""Chapter 11 Arrhythmias""; ""Chapter 12 Arterial Hypertension""; ""Chapter 13 Dyslipidemia""; ""Section IV Nephrology and Metabolic Abnormalities""; ""Chapter 14 Chronic Kidney Disease and Acute Kidney Injury""; ""Chapter 15 Urinary Incontinence""; ""Chapter 16 Urinary Retention""; ""Chapter 17 Hematuria""; ""Chapter 18 Metabolic Acidosis""; ""Chapter 19 Electrolyte Abnormalities (Na, K, Mg)""; ""Chapter 20 Hypercalcemia""; ""Section V Gastrointestinal""; ""Chapter 21 Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding""; ""Chapter 22 Acute and Chronic Diarrhea"" ; ""Chapter 23 Bowel Obstruction""""Chapter 24 Liver Failure and Hepatitis""; ""Chapter 25 Biliary Obstruction""; ""Chapter 26 Pancreatitis""; ""Section VI Hematologic Disorders""; ""Chapter 27 Anemia""; ""Chapter 28 Neutropenia""; ""Chapter 29 Thrombocytopenia""; ""Chapter 30 Bleeding Disorders""; ""Chapter 31 Deep Venous Thrombosis""; ""Section VII Infections""; ""Chapter 32 Sepsis""; ""Chapter 33 Pneumonia""; ""Chapter 34 Urinary Tract Infections""; ""Chapter 35 Osteomyelitis""; ""Chapter 36 Skin Infections""; ""Chapter 37 Herpes Infections""; ""Chapter 38 Fungal Infections"" ; ""Section VIII Endocrine""""Chapter 39 Diabetes""; ""Chapter 40 Hyperthyroidism""; ""Chapter 41 Hypothyroidism""; ""Section IX Rheumatology""; ""Chapter 42 Arthritis""; ""Section X Neuropsychiatric""; ""Chapter 43 Acute Stroke Syndrome""; ""Chapter 44 Seizures""; ""Chapter 45 Syncope""; ""Chapter 46 Migraines""; ""Chapter 47 Neurocognitive Disorder (Dementia)""; ""Chapter 48 Vitamin B12 Deficiency""; ""Chapter 49 Parkinsonâ€?s Disease""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Patients with advanced cancer may develop a number of clinical complications related to tumor progression or a variety of aggressive treatments. The majority of these patients are elderly, often with multiple co-morbidities that require appropriate assessment and management. In the palliative stage of their disease, patients undergo a progressive transition from active acute care to community-based hospice care. This transition requires modification in the diagnostic tests, monitoring procedures and pharmacological treatments to adjust them to the palliative and short-term nature of the care.
• Titolo autorizzato: Internal medicine issues in palliative cancer care
• ISBN: 0-19-933033-6; 0-19-937506-2; 0-19-933032-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823602703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II