Symptom Relief in Palliative Care, Second Edition
Radcliffe Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84619-355-2 (ISBN)
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'The second edition of Symptom Relief In Palliative Care once again delivers in its commitment to serve as a clear, concise resource that can be quickly consulted to guide patient care. Its efficiency of use derives from the intuitive organization and layout of its information-dense content. The Clinical Decision And Action Checklist and Key Points leading each new clinical topic serve to focus the reader on the information that follows. The problem-oriented summary tables addressing clinical decisions and actions are driven by potential clinical scenarios, quickly guiding a pragmatic approach to a problem at hand. Where a solid evidence base is not yet available for a specific issue, this is acknowledged and a best-practice approach is presented, based on the extensive experience of the authors and the best information available. The growing literature informing the practice of palliative care is reflected in the up-to-date references in this new edition. The second edition of Symptom Relief In Palliative Care continues to serve as a distinctly practical and problem-oriented resource for clinicians providing palliative and end-of-life care. The text has evolved to reflect continued developments in available treatments, changes in areas of policy and ethics, and the ever-broadening scope of the clinical practice of palliative care.' - From the Foreword by Mike Harlos From a review of the First Edition: This book is an impressive achievement; a much needed resource in the field of palliative care. Anyone caring for palliative care patients, from student to advanced practitioner, will find this useful. This book accomplishes the goal of providing a patient-centered approach to clinical management in palliative care.A" - Doody's Review Service
respectively: Palliative Care Physician, Western Memorial Regional Hospital, Corner Brook, NL, Canada; Director, Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, Richard E Winter Cancer Treatment Center, Ogdensburg, NY, USA; Consultant in Palliative Care Medicine, St. Oswald's Hospice, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust and Visiting Professor of Research at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Introduction - The consequences of advanced disease - Sharing the consequences of advanced disease - Principles of symptom relief in palliative care - Getting started - Setting the scene and starting the interview - Helping the person to share their problems - Answering difficult questions - Breaking difficult news - Helping the person with the effects of difficult news - Identifying distress in the person with severe communication difficulty - Discussing preferred priorities of care (advance care planning) - Managing pain - Diagnosing and treating pain - Choosing an analgesic - Using strong opioids - Managing the adverse effects of analgesics - Other physical symptoms - Ascites - Bleeding - Bowel obstruction - Constipation - Diarrhea - Dyspepsia - Dysphagia - Edema and lymphedema - Fatigue, drowsiness, lethargy and weakness - Malignant ulcers and fistulae - Nausea and vomiting - Nutrition and hydration problems - Oral problems - Respiratory problems - Skin problems - Terminal phase (the last hours and days) and bereavement - Urinary and sexual problems - Psychological symptoms - Anger - Anxiety - Confusional states (delirium and dementia) - Withdrawal and depression - Difficult decisions - Making ethical choices - Decisions around capacity - Issues around cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Drug information - Drug interactions - Effects of renal or hepatic impairment on common palliative care drugs - Drugs in children: starting doses - Using drugs off label - Alternative routes for drugs - Drugs commonly used by CSCI - Problems with pump infusions - Emergencies
| Verlagsort | London |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 816 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Palliativmedizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84619-355-9 / 1846193559 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84619-355-2 / 9781846193552 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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