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9781857756296

Sympton Relief in Palliative Care

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    9781857756296

  • ISBN10:

    1857756290

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1997-10-01
  • Publisher: CRC Press
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Western Memorial Hospital, Corner Brook, Canada. Guide for the management of patients with advanced disease. Topics include managing pain; physical symptoms including diarrhea, bleeding, fatigue, and more; psychological symptoms such as anger, anxiety, depression, and more; difficult decisions; emergencies; drug information; and more. For palliative care clinicians. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Foreword vi
Preface viii
Acknowledgments ix
List of abbreviations
xi
Introduction 1(2)
The consequences of advanced disease
3(2)
Sharing the consequences of advanced disease
5(2)
Principles of symptom relief in palliative care
7(4)
Getting started
11(26)
Setting the scene and starting the interview
13(4)
Helping the person to share their problems
17(4)
Answering difficult questions
21(4)
Breaking difficult news
25(4)
Helping the person with the effects of difficult news
29(4)
Identifying distress in the person with severe communication difficulty
33(4)
Managing pain
37(24)
Diagnosing and treating pain
39(6)
Choosing an analgesic
45(4)
Using opioids
49(4)
Managing the adverse effects of analgesics
53(8)
Other physical symptoms
61(98)
Ascites
63(4)
Bleeding
67(4)
Bowel obstruction
71(4)
Constipation
75(6)
Diarrhea
81(4)
Dyspepsia
85(6)
Dysphagia
91(6)
Edema and lymphedema
97(4)
Fatigue, drowsiness, lethargy and weakness
101(8)
Malignant ulcers and fistulae
109(4)
Nausea and vomiting
113(6)
Nutrition and hydration problems
119(6)
Oral problems
125(6)
Respiratory problems
131(8)
Skin problems
139(6)
Terminal phase (the last hours and days)
145(6)
Urinary and sexual problems
151(8)
Psychological symptoms
159(2)
Anger
161(22)
Anxiety
165(6)
Confusional states (delirium and dementia)
171(6)
Withdrawal and depression
177(6)
Difficult decisions
183(16)
Making ethical choices
185(4)
Decisions around competency
189(4)
Issues around resuscitation
193(6)
Emergencies
199(22)
Adrenocortical insufficiency
211
Agitation
207(2)
Air hunger
209
Anaphylaxis
207(2)
Asthma
209(1)
Breathlessness
209(1)
Bronchospasm
209
Cardiac arrest
205(4)
Chest pain
209(2)
Diabetes mellitus
211(2)
DIC
213
Drug toxicity
205(2)
Fracture
207(2)
Heart failure
209
Hemorrhage
205(6)
Hypercalcemia
211(1)
Hyperglycemia
211(2)
Hyperviscosity
213(1)
Hypoglycemia
213
Hypotension
205(8)
Magnesium deficiency
213(1)
Neutropenia
213
Pain
207(4)
Pleural effusion
211
Pleuritic pain
209
Peritonitis
207(7)
Raised IC pressure
214
Respiratory arrest
205(1)
Seizures
205(8)
SIADH
213(1)
Spinal cord compression
213
Stridor
211(2)
Tumor lysis syndrome
213(1)
Vena caval obstruction
214(7)
Drug information
221(56)
Drug interactions
223(30)
Drugs in palliative care for children: starting doses
253(8)
Using drugs off-label
261(1)
Alternative routes for drugs
262(9)
Problems with syringe pump infusions
271(6)
Index 277

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