A comprehensive guide to the nursing care of adult patients with cancer. Chapters cover basic cancer biology, common clinical problem areas and 14 oncologic emergencies. Written primarily by practicing oncology nurses, it contains two master tables - one which organizes 22 tumor types according to common metastatisites and the other which allows the nurse to predict possible oncologic problems on the basis of tumor type.
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Introduction to principles of cancer care. The behavior of malignancies. Cancer treatment. Principles of clinical research. Common clinical problems. Prevention and detection. Information. Coping. Comfort A: pain B: sleep. Nutrition. Protective mechanism A: bone marrow B: mucous membranes C: skin integrity. Mobility. Elimination: A: anatomical alterations B: functional alterations: bowel C: functional alterations: bladder. Sexuality. Oxygenation and ventilation. Oncologic emergencies. Obstructive emergencies A: increased intracranial pressure B: spinal cord compression C: superior vena cava syndrome D: tracheal obstruction. E: bowel obstruction. Metabolic emergencies A: hypercalcemia B: tumor lysis syndrome C: syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion. D: hyperviscosity. E: Anaphylaxis. F: septic shock. G: alterations is hemostasis. Infiltrative emergencies A: carotid artery erosion. C: leukostasis. Care of the patient receiving special therapy. Parenteral chemotherapy. Radiation therapy implants. Appendixes.
