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Medical care of cancer patients [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Sai-Ching Jim Yeung, Carmen P. Escalante, Robert F. Gagel
| Medical care of cancer patients [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Sai-Ching Jim Yeung, Carmen P. Escalante, Robert F. Gagel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Shelton, CT, : People's Medical Publishing House, : BC Decker Inc., 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (800 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.99/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
YeungSai-Ching Jim
EscalanteCarmen P GagelR. F (Robert F.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Cancer - Patients - Care
Cancer - Treatment |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-60795-125-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Section Editors""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Introduction to the Care of the Cancer Patient""; ""2 Mechanisms of Complications of Malignancy""; ""Fundamental Characteristics of Cancer""; ""Mechanisms of Organ Dysfunction in Cancer""; ""Compression, Obstruction, and Infiltration""; ""Systemic Effects""; ""Treatment-Related Effects""; ""Conclusions""; ""3 Long-Term Consequences of Cancer Surgery""; ""Management of Lymphedema""; ""Endocrine and Exocrine Function after Pancreatectomy""; ""Postgastrectomy Syndromes""
""Functional Complications of Esophageal Surgery""""Pelvic Operations""; ""4 Collateral Damage Associated with Chemotherapy""; ""Systemic Toxic Effects""; ""Agents and Mechanisms of Action""; ""Chemotherapy-Induced Secondary Malignancies""; ""Fertility and Mutagenicity""; ""Appendix""; ""5 Systemic Sequelae of Bioimmunotherapy""; ""Bioimmunotherapy Agents and Systemic Effects""; ""Conclusions""; ""6 Ethical and Legal Issues in the Care of a Cancer Patient""; ""The Shift from Paternalism to Partnership""; ""Informed Consent: Process and Transparency""; ""Assessing Decisional Capacity"" ""Standards for Decision Making""""Advance Care Planning""; ""CPR and Do Not Resuscitate""; ""Confidant and Coordinator of Overall Care""; ""Physician-Internist as Confidant""; ""Family Secrets""; ""HIV and Communicable Diseases and the Duty to Warn""; ""Genetic Risks and the Results of Testing""; ""Risks to the Public""; ""Coordinator of Overall Care""; ""Internist as Gatekeeper""; ""Relationships with Consultants""; ""Alternative Medicine""; ""Terminating the Physician-Patient Relationship""; ""Conclusion""; ""7 Cancer-Related Fatigue""; ""Clinical Manifestations"" ""Pathophysiology of CRF""""Fatigue-Associated Symptoms""; ""CRF Assessment Tools""; ""Evaluating the Patient with CRF""; ""Intervention in CRF""; ""Summary""; ""8 Cancer Pain""; ""Definitions""; ""Models of Care""; ""Evaluation of the Patient with Cancer Pain""; ""Cancer Pain Syndromes""; ""Overcoming Obstacles in Cancer Pain Treatment""; ""Management of Chronic Cancer Pain""; ""Cancer Pain at the End of Life: Special Considerations""; ""Conclusion""; ""9 Cancer and Depression: Phenomenology and Pathophysiology""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Prevalence""; ""Risk Factors"" ""Mechanisms""""Summary""; ""10 Sleep Disorders in the Cancer Patient""; ""Diagnosing Sleep Disturbance""; ""Specific Sleep Disorders in the Cancer Patient""; ""Chronobiology""; ""Chronotherapy""; ""Summary""; ""11 Nausea""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Pathophysiology""; ""Etiology""; ""Predictive Factors""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Treatment""; ""Treatment Guidelines for the Prevention of Acute and Delayed Emesis""; ""Special Emetic Problems""; ""Summary""; ""12 Fever""; ""History""; ""Definitions""; ""Thermometric Variability""; ""Physiologic Variables""; ""Clinical Manifestations"" ""Pathophysiologic Mechanism"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458316603321 |
| Shelton, CT, : People's Medical Publishing House, : BC Decker Inc., 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Medical care of cancer patients [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Sai-Ching Jim Yeung, Carmen P. Escalante, Robert F. Gagel
| Medical care of cancer patients [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Sai-Ching Jim Yeung, Carmen P. Escalante, Robert F. Gagel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Shelton, CT, : People's Medical Publishing House, : BC Decker Inc., 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (800 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.99/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
YeungSai-Ching Jim
EscalanteCarmen P GagelR. F (Robert F.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Cancer - Patients - Care
Cancer - Treatment |
| ISBN | 1-60795-125-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Section Editors""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Introduction to the Care of the Cancer Patient""; ""2 Mechanisms of Complications of Malignancy""; ""Fundamental Characteristics of Cancer""; ""Mechanisms of Organ Dysfunction in Cancer""; ""Compression, Obstruction, and Infiltration""; ""Systemic Effects""; ""Treatment-Related Effects""; ""Conclusions""; ""3 Long-Term Consequences of Cancer Surgery""; ""Management of Lymphedema""; ""Endocrine and Exocrine Function after Pancreatectomy""; ""Postgastrectomy Syndromes""
""Functional Complications of Esophageal Surgery""""Pelvic Operations""; ""4 Collateral Damage Associated with Chemotherapy""; ""Systemic Toxic Effects""; ""Agents and Mechanisms of Action""; ""Chemotherapy-Induced Secondary Malignancies""; ""Fertility and Mutagenicity""; ""Appendix""; ""5 Systemic Sequelae of Bioimmunotherapy""; ""Bioimmunotherapy Agents and Systemic Effects""; ""Conclusions""; ""6 Ethical and Legal Issues in the Care of a Cancer Patient""; ""The Shift from Paternalism to Partnership""; ""Informed Consent: Process and Transparency""; ""Assessing Decisional Capacity"" ""Standards for Decision Making""""Advance Care Planning""; ""CPR and Do Not Resuscitate""; ""Confidant and Coordinator of Overall Care""; ""Physician-Internist as Confidant""; ""Family Secrets""; ""HIV and Communicable Diseases and the Duty to Warn""; ""Genetic Risks and the Results of Testing""; ""Risks to the Public""; ""Coordinator of Overall Care""; ""Internist as Gatekeeper""; ""Relationships with Consultants""; ""Alternative Medicine""; ""Terminating the Physician-Patient Relationship""; ""Conclusion""; ""7 Cancer-Related Fatigue""; ""Clinical Manifestations"" ""Pathophysiology of CRF""""Fatigue-Associated Symptoms""; ""CRF Assessment Tools""; ""Evaluating the Patient with CRF""; ""Intervention in CRF""; ""Summary""; ""8 Cancer Pain""; ""Definitions""; ""Models of Care""; ""Evaluation of the Patient with Cancer Pain""; ""Cancer Pain Syndromes""; ""Overcoming Obstacles in Cancer Pain Treatment""; ""Management of Chronic Cancer Pain""; ""Cancer Pain at the End of Life: Special Considerations""; ""Conclusion""; ""9 Cancer and Depression: Phenomenology and Pathophysiology""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Prevalence""; ""Risk Factors"" ""Mechanisms""""Summary""; ""10 Sleep Disorders in the Cancer Patient""; ""Diagnosing Sleep Disturbance""; ""Specific Sleep Disorders in the Cancer Patient""; ""Chronobiology""; ""Chronotherapy""; ""Summary""; ""11 Nausea""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Pathophysiology""; ""Etiology""; ""Predictive Factors""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Treatment""; ""Treatment Guidelines for the Prevention of Acute and Delayed Emesis""; ""Special Emetic Problems""; ""Summary""; ""12 Fever""; ""History""; ""Definitions""; ""Thermometric Variability""; ""Physiologic Variables""; ""Clinical Manifestations"" ""Pathophysiologic Mechanism"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791425303321 |
| Shelton, CT, : People's Medical Publishing House, : BC Decker Inc., 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Medical care of cancer patients / / [edited by] Sai-Ching Jim Yeung, Carmen P. Escalante, Robert F. Gagel
| Medical care of cancer patients / / [edited by] Sai-Ching Jim Yeung, Carmen P. Escalante, Robert F. Gagel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Shelton, CT, : People's Medical Publishing House, : BC Decker Inc., 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (800 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.99/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
YeungSai-Ching Jim
EscalanteCarmen P GagelR. F (Robert F.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Cancer - Patients - Care
Cancer - Treatment |
| ISBN | 1-60795-125-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Section Editors""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Introduction to the Care of the Cancer Patient""; ""2 Mechanisms of Complications of Malignancy""; ""Fundamental Characteristics of Cancer""; ""Mechanisms of Organ Dysfunction in Cancer""; ""Compression, Obstruction, and Infiltration""; ""Systemic Effects""; ""Treatment-Related Effects""; ""Conclusions""; ""3 Long-Term Consequences of Cancer Surgery""; ""Management of Lymphedema""; ""Endocrine and Exocrine Function after Pancreatectomy""; ""Postgastrectomy Syndromes""
""Functional Complications of Esophageal Surgery""""Pelvic Operations""; ""4 Collateral Damage Associated with Chemotherapy""; ""Systemic Toxic Effects""; ""Agents and Mechanisms of Action""; ""Chemotherapy-Induced Secondary Malignancies""; ""Fertility and Mutagenicity""; ""Appendix""; ""5 Systemic Sequelae of Bioimmunotherapy""; ""Bioimmunotherapy Agents and Systemic Effects""; ""Conclusions""; ""6 Ethical and Legal Issues in the Care of a Cancer Patient""; ""The Shift from Paternalism to Partnership""; ""Informed Consent: Process and Transparency""; ""Assessing Decisional Capacity"" ""Standards for Decision Making""""Advance Care Planning""; ""CPR and Do Not Resuscitate""; ""Confidant and Coordinator of Overall Care""; ""Physician-Internist as Confidant""; ""Family Secrets""; ""HIV and Communicable Diseases and the Duty to Warn""; ""Genetic Risks and the Results of Testing""; ""Risks to the Public""; ""Coordinator of Overall Care""; ""Internist as Gatekeeper""; ""Relationships with Consultants""; ""Alternative Medicine""; ""Terminating the Physician-Patient Relationship""; ""Conclusion""; ""7 Cancer-Related Fatigue""; ""Clinical Manifestations"" ""Pathophysiology of CRF""""Fatigue-Associated Symptoms""; ""CRF Assessment Tools""; ""Evaluating the Patient with CRF""; ""Intervention in CRF""; ""Summary""; ""8 Cancer Pain""; ""Definitions""; ""Models of Care""; ""Evaluation of the Patient with Cancer Pain""; ""Cancer Pain Syndromes""; ""Overcoming Obstacles in Cancer Pain Treatment""; ""Management of Chronic Cancer Pain""; ""Cancer Pain at the End of Life: Special Considerations""; ""Conclusion""; ""9 Cancer and Depression: Phenomenology and Pathophysiology""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Prevalence""; ""Risk Factors"" ""Mechanisms""""Summary""; ""10 Sleep Disorders in the Cancer Patient""; ""Diagnosing Sleep Disturbance""; ""Specific Sleep Disorders in the Cancer Patient""; ""Chronobiology""; ""Chronotherapy""; ""Summary""; ""11 Nausea""; ""Clinical Manifestations""; ""Pathophysiology""; ""Etiology""; ""Predictive Factors""; ""Diagnosis""; ""Treatment""; ""Treatment Guidelines for the Prevention of Acute and Delayed Emesis""; ""Special Emetic Problems""; ""Summary""; ""12 Fever""; ""History""; ""Definitions""; ""Thermometric Variability""; ""Physiologic Variables""; ""Clinical Manifestations"" ""Pathophysiologic Mechanism"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813063503321 |
| Shelton, CT, : People's Medical Publishing House, : BC Decker Inc., 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Travelers' Malaria [[electronic resource] /] / Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor [editor]
| Travelers' Malaria [[electronic resource] /] / Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor [editor] |
| Autore | Schlagenhauf-Lawlor Patricia |
| Edizione | [[2nd ed.].] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hamilton, Ont., : BC Decker Inc., c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (420 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Schlagenhauf-LawlorPatricia |
| Soggetto topico |
Malaria
Malaria - Prevention Travel - Health aspects |
| ISBN | 1-60795-135-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Title and Front matter""; ""Contributors""; ""Foreword to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Contents""; ""1. Travelers Malaria: People and Plasmodia: Some Historic Perspectives""; ""2. Global Epidemiology of Malaria""; ""3. Geographical Distribution at Traveler Destinations""; ""4. Evidence of Malaria Exposure in Travelers""; ""5. Network Surveillance of Malaria in Travelers""; ""6. The Parasite""; ""7. Malaria Drug Resistance""; ""8. The Vector and Measures against Mosquito Bites""
""9. Strategies of Malaria Prevention in Nonimmune Visitors to Endemic Countries""""10. Drugs Used for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis""; ""10.1 Chloroquine and Combinations""; ""10.2 Hydroxychloroquine""; ""10.3 Azithromycin""; ""10.4 Mefloquine""; ""10.5 Doxycyline""; ""10.6 Primaquine""; ""10.7 Atovaquone-Proguanil""; ""10.8 Tafenoquine""; ""11. Malaria Prevention for Particular Travelers""; ""11.1 Long-Term Travelers""; ""11.2 Brief Exposure Malaria Prevention""; ""11.3 Military Perspectives for Malaria Prevention""; ""11.4 Migrants"" ""11.5 Special Groups: Pregnant Women, Infants, and Young Children""""11.6 Immunocompromised Travelers""; ""12. Plasmodium Vivax Malaria: Prevention and Treatment""; ""13. Determination of Antimalarial Drug Levels in Body Fluids""; ""14. Clinical Features of Malaria in Travelers and Migrants""; ""15. Diagnosis of Malaria in Returned Travelers""; ""16. Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests for and by Travelers""; ""17. Management of Malaria in Returned Travelers""; ""18. Stand-by Emergency Self-Treatment of Malaria by Travelers""; ""19. Malaria Deaths in Travelers"" ""20. Counterfeit and Substandard Antimalarial Drugs""""21. Odyssean and Non-Mosquito-Transmitted Forms of Malaria""; ""22. The Changing Geography of Malaria""; ""23. Malaria Risk for Travelers to Southern Africa""; ""24. Prospects for a Travelers� Malaria Vaccine""; ""25. Imported Malaria""; ""26. Closing the Circle: Compliance and Adherence""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791421603321 |
Schlagenhauf-Lawlor Patricia
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| Hamilton, Ont., : BC Decker Inc., c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Travelers' Malaria [[electronic resource] /] / Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor [editor]
| Travelers' Malaria [[electronic resource] /] / Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor [editor] |
| Edizione | [[2nd ed.].] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hamilton, Ont., : BC Decker Inc., c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (420 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Schlagenhauf-LawlorPatricia |
| Soggetto topico |
Malaria
Malaria - Prevention Travel - Health aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-60795-135-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Title and Front matter""; ""Contributors""; ""Foreword to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Contents""; ""1. Travelers Malaria: People and Plasmodia: Some Historic Perspectives""; ""2. Global Epidemiology of Malaria""; ""3. Geographical Distribution at Traveler Destinations""; ""4. Evidence of Malaria Exposure in Travelers""; ""5. Network Surveillance of Malaria in Travelers""; ""6. The Parasite""; ""7. Malaria Drug Resistance""; ""8. The Vector and Measures against Mosquito Bites""
""9. Strategies of Malaria Prevention in Nonimmune Visitors to Endemic Countries""""10. Drugs Used for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis""; ""10.1 Chloroquine and Combinations""; ""10.2 Hydroxychloroquine""; ""10.3 Azithromycin""; ""10.4 Mefloquine""; ""10.5 Doxycyline""; ""10.6 Primaquine""; ""10.7 Atovaquone-Proguanil""; ""10.8 Tafenoquine""; ""11. Malaria Prevention for Particular Travelers""; ""11.1 Long-Term Travelers""; ""11.2 Brief Exposure Malaria Prevention""; ""11.3 Military Perspectives for Malaria Prevention""; ""11.4 Migrants"" ""11.5 Special Groups: Pregnant Women, Infants, and Young Children""""11.6 Immunocompromised Travelers""; ""12. Plasmodium Vivax Malaria: Prevention and Treatment""; ""13. Determination of Antimalarial Drug Levels in Body Fluids""; ""14. Clinical Features of Malaria in Travelers and Migrants""; ""15. Diagnosis of Malaria in Returned Travelers""; ""16. Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests for and by Travelers""; ""17. Management of Malaria in Returned Travelers""; ""18. Stand-by Emergency Self-Treatment of Malaria by Travelers""; ""19. Malaria Deaths in Travelers"" ""20. Counterfeit and Substandard Antimalarial Drugs""""21. Odyssean and Non-Mosquito-Transmitted Forms of Malaria""; ""22. The Changing Geography of Malaria""; ""23. Malaria Risk for Travelers to Southern Africa""; ""24. Prospects for a Travelers� Malaria Vaccine""; ""25. Imported Malaria""; ""26. Closing the Circle: Compliance and Adherence""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458846303321 |
| Hamilton, Ont., : BC Decker Inc., c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Travelers' Malaria / / Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor [editor]
| Travelers' Malaria / / Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor [editor] |
| Edizione | [[2nd ed.].] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hamilton, Ont., : BC Decker Inc., c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (420 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Schlagenhauf-LawlorPatricia |
| Soggetto topico |
Malaria
Malaria - Prevention Travel - Health aspects |
| ISBN | 1-60795-135-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Title and Front matter""; ""Contributors""; ""Foreword to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Contents""; ""1. Travelers Malaria: People and Plasmodia: Some Historic Perspectives""; ""2. Global Epidemiology of Malaria""; ""3. Geographical Distribution at Traveler Destinations""; ""4. Evidence of Malaria Exposure in Travelers""; ""5. Network Surveillance of Malaria in Travelers""; ""6. The Parasite""; ""7. Malaria Drug Resistance""; ""8. The Vector and Measures against Mosquito Bites""
""9. Strategies of Malaria Prevention in Nonimmune Visitors to Endemic Countries""""10. Drugs Used for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis""; ""10.1 Chloroquine and Combinations""; ""10.2 Hydroxychloroquine""; ""10.3 Azithromycin""; ""10.4 Mefloquine""; ""10.5 Doxycyline""; ""10.6 Primaquine""; ""10.7 Atovaquone-Proguanil""; ""10.8 Tafenoquine""; ""11. Malaria Prevention for Particular Travelers""; ""11.1 Long-Term Travelers""; ""11.2 Brief Exposure Malaria Prevention""; ""11.3 Military Perspectives for Malaria Prevention""; ""11.4 Migrants"" ""11.5 Special Groups: Pregnant Women, Infants, and Young Children""""11.6 Immunocompromised Travelers""; ""12. Plasmodium Vivax Malaria: Prevention and Treatment""; ""13. Determination of Antimalarial Drug Levels in Body Fluids""; ""14. Clinical Features of Malaria in Travelers and Migrants""; ""15. Diagnosis of Malaria in Returned Travelers""; ""16. Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests for and by Travelers""; ""17. Management of Malaria in Returned Travelers""; ""18. Stand-by Emergency Self-Treatment of Malaria by Travelers""; ""19. Malaria Deaths in Travelers"" ""20. Counterfeit and Substandard Antimalarial Drugs""""21. Odyssean and Non-Mosquito-Transmitted Forms of Malaria""; ""22. The Changing Geography of Malaria""; ""23. Malaria Risk for Travelers to Southern Africa""; ""24. Prospects for a Travelers� Malaria Vaccine""; ""25. Imported Malaria""; ""26. Closing the Circle: Compliance and Adherence""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817713803321 |
| Hamilton, Ont., : BC Decker Inc., c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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