Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care: Systemic Reviews and Validated Clinical Practice Guidelines for 15 Common Problems in Patients with

by Lipman; Arthur G

• ISBN13: 9780789010148
• ISBN10: 0789010143
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-09-05
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Make your patients'final days as comfortable as possible! There are few situations more challenging and emotionally taxing to a medical professional than the care of the terminally ill. Much has been learned in recent years about symptom control that can profoundly improve the quality of life in a patient's final days. Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care: Systemic Reviews and Validated Clinical Practice Guidelines for 15 Common Problems in Patients with Life Limiting Disease provides you with symptom control approaches that will help meet patients'last wishes, improve the quality of life for patients and their families, and lessen their physical and emotional pain. Palliative care--often based on anecdotal experience--has until now been inconsistent and much of the time less than optimally effective. Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care is the result of comprehensive literature reviews and clinical validation resulting in recommendations and suggestions for therapies that will improve the lives of patients who are in pain and discomfort. Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care presents seven sections--Algorithm, Literature Review, Evidence Tables, Drug Therapy Tables, Evaluation Instruments, Unanswered Questions, and References--on each of these problems: anorexia and cachexia anxiety bleeding problems constipation delirium depression diarrhea dyspnea (shortness of breath) fatigue and weakness mouth problems nausea and vomiting nutrition and hydration Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care is a vital guide for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and other clinicians caring for patients with advanced irreversible diseases. This volume supplies the data you'll require to offer patients relevant care and meet their needs.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Format of the Clinical Practice Guidelines	xi
Arthur G. Lipman
Preface	xiii
Irene Higginson
Acknowledgments	xvii
Evidence-Based Palliative Care	1	(10)
Arthur G. Lipman
Anorexia and Cachexia in Palliative Care Patients	11	(12)
Linda S. Tyler
Arthur G. Lipman
Anxiety in Palliative Care Patients	23	(14)
Kenneth C. Jackson II
Arthur G. Lipman
Bleeding Problems in Palliative Care Patients	37	(10)
M. Christine Jamjian
Constipation in Palliative Care Patients	47	(12)
M. Christina Beckwith
Delirium in Palliative Care Patients	59	(12)
Kenneth C. Jackson II
Arthur G. Lipman
Depression in Palliative Care Patients	71	(20)
Andrew C. Martin
Kenneth C. Jackson II
Diarrhea in Palliative Care Patients	91	(18)
M. Christina Beckwith
Dyspnea in Palliative Care Patients	109	(20)
Linda S. Tyler
Fatigue in Palliative Care Patients	129	(14)
Linda S. Tyler
Arthur G. Lipman
Oral Mucosal Problems in Palliative Care Patients	143	(20)
Kenneth C. Jackson II
Mark S. Chambers
Nausea and Vomiting in Palliative Care	163	(20)
Linda S. Tyler
Nutrition and Hydration Problems in Palliative Care Patients	183	(46)
Kenneth C. Jackson II
APPENDICES
Advances in Evidence-Based Information Resources for Clinical Practice	199	(16)
R. Brian Haynes
The Cochrane Collaboration and Library: Accessing the Best Evidence Through Systematic Reviews	215	(14)
Jeanne Le Ber
Index	229