Full Description
Palliative Care Consultations in Haemato-oncology is the first book in a new international, multi-contributed series aimed at providing practical, clinical guidance on how to deal with difficult symptoms related to specific cancer sites. Patients with haematological malignancy often undergo the most rigorous treatments, usually requiring long inpatient stays at tertiary referral centres far removed from friends, families and everyday life. The treatment for some malignancies is palliative, although aggressive, from diagnosis and there can be a number of difficult symptom-control problems all of which are covered in this book. This volume draws on the expertise of the haematologist who is vital if the patient is to have optimal care and provides practical advice in an easily accessible form so that the book can be read and referred to on the ward, or before a domiciliary visit.
Contents
1. Management of myeloma ; 2. Management of lymphoma ; 3. Management of acute leukaemias ; 4. Myelodysplastic syndromes ; 5. Bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation ; 6. Palliative care for patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy ; 7. Mouth care for haematology patients ; 8. The essentials of symptom control in haemato-oncology ; 9. When the opioid fails: managing the patient with severe neuropathic pain ; 10. Changing the emphasis from active curative care to active palliative care in haematology patients ; 11. The significance and management of anaemia in palliative care patients ; 12. Thrombotic and bleeding complications in haematological malignancies ; 13. The management of sweating ; 14. Home care for terminally ill haematology patients ; 15. The last days of life
