Respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and cough are common in patients with advancing and incurable disease. For example, cancer, chronic cardiac and pulmonary disease, progressive neuromuscular disorders and degenerative disorders all give rise to varying degrees of respiratory distress which adversely affects the patient's quality of life. In recent years, there has been significant growth into the palliation of respiratory symptoms leading to practical ways of giving relief in hospices, hospitals and at home. The book includes non-malignant respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis in AIDS patients, cystic fibrosis and ventilator-dependent patients, and focuses on aetiology and diagnosis and management, emphasising symptoms, quality of life and psychosocial support. The underlying theme of the book is the application of modern research-based knowledge, in a humane way, for patients with advancing disease.
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Aimed primarily at specialists in palliative care and oncology but respiratory physicians, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and pharmacists will also be interested. The book will appeal to those working in 'acute' specialties such as cardiology or pulmonary medicine, whose patients are not usually considered for palliative care, but in whom relief of distressing respiratory problems could improve the quality of life.
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numerous black & white photographs and line figures
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Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 171 mm
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978-0-19-263141-1 (9780192631411)
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Edited by SAM H AHMEDZAI, Professor of Palliative Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK, and MARTIN F MUERS, Respiratory Physician, Leeds General Infirmary, and Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds, UKSeries Editors: SAM H AHMEDZAI, Professor of Palliative Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK, and DECLAN WALSH, Professor and Director, Harry Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
PART I - SUPPORTIVE CARE; 1. The nature of palliation and its contribution to supportive care; 2. Anatomy and physiology; 3. Quality of life - models and measures of quality of life; 4. Complementary medicine for respiratory diseases; 5. Economics applied to respiratory supportive care; PART II - MECHANISMS AND ASSESSMENT OF DYSPNOEA; 6. Mechanisms of dyspnoea; 7. Assessment of dyspnoea in research; 8. Assessment of dyspnoea in clinical practice and audit; PART III - MANAGEMENT OF DYSPNOEA; 9. Drug therapies; 10. Oxygen and airflow; 11. Rehabilitation and exercise; 12. Dyspnoea and respiratory muscle training; 13. Psychosocial therapies; 14. Nutrition and cachexia; 15. Occupational therapy and environmental modifications; PART IV - DYSPNOEA IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS; 16. Upper airflow obstruction; 17. Diffuse airflow obstruction and 'restrictive' lung disease; 18. Neuromuscular and skeletal diseases; 19. Dyspnoea in motor neurone disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis); 20. Hyperventilation and disproportionate breathlessness; PART V - COUGH AND HAEMOPTYSIS; 21. Physiology and pathophysiology of cough; 22. Special situations: chronic cough with a 'normal' chest radiograph; 23. Massive haemoptysis: causes, assessment, and management; 24. The therapy of expectoration; 25. The management of cystic fibrosis; PART VI - PAIN; 26. Mechanisms of pain associated with respiratory disease; 27. Pain in association with respiratory conditions: assessment in research and clinical practice; 28. Treating severe pain in advanced lung disease; 29. Pain in association with respiratory disease management: neurolytic procedures; PART VII - SPECIFIC DISEASES; 30. Assessment and management of respiratory symptoms of malignant disease; 31. Comprehensive supportive care in HIV pulmonary disease; 32. Chronic infections: pulmonary tuberculosis
