Description
- Six new chapters — Biliary and Pancreatic Obstruction, Depression and Cognitive Dysfunction, Dyspnea and Airway Obstruction, GI Obstruction, Heart Failure, and Spiritual Distress — keep you up to date with the latest advances in oncology nursing.- Evidence-based rationales in the nursing interventions help you apply the latest research findings to actual practice.- Each chapter includes a new section on pathophysiology to help you understand the physiologic processes associated with each oncologic complication.
Table of Contents
1.Ethical Perspectives2.Ethics Case Study3.Acute Pancreatitis4.Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome5.Anaphylaxis from Chemotherapy6.Biliary and Pancreatic Obstruction NEW7.Bronchiolitis Obliterans8.Carotid Artery Rupture 9.Depression and Cognitive Dysfunction NEW10.Diabetes Insipidus11.Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation12.Dyspnea and Airway Obstruction NEW13.Esophageal Varices14.Fever15.GI Obstruction NEW16.Graft vs. Host Disease17.Heart Failure NEW18.Hemorrhage Secondary to Cervical Cancer19.Hemorrhagic Cystitis20.Hepatic Encephalopathy21.Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease22.Hypercalcemia23.Hyperkalemia24.Hyperleukocytosis in Childhood Leukemia25.Hypernatremia26.Hyperuricemia27.Hypokalemia28.Hypomagnesemia29.Hyponatremia30.Increased Intracranial Pressure31.Lactic Acidosis — Type B32.Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome33.Malignant Ascites 34.Malignant Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade35.Malignant Pleural Effusions36.Malnutrition/Cachexia37.Pain Management: Somatic, Visceral, and Neuropathic38.Pathologic Fracture39.Pulmonary Fibrosis40.Seizures41.Sepsis and Septic Shock42.Spinal Cord Compression43.Spiritual Distress NEW44.Suicidal Ideation45.Superior Vena Cava Syndrome46.Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion47.Tumor Lysis Syndrome48.Typhlitis in Pediatrics
