The medical care of terminally ill patients /
| Основен автор: | Enck, Robert E. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2002.
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| Издание: | 2nd ed. |
| Серия: |
Johns Hopkins series in hematology/oncology.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=75647 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Medical care of terminally ill patients. |
Съдържание:
- The prognostication of survival
- Cancer
- Dementia
- Motor neuron disease
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- Central nervous system anoxia
- Advanced pulmonary disease
- Heart disease
- The management of symptoms common among dying patients
- General symptoms of dying patients
- Pain
- Gastrointestinal symptoms
- Nausea and vomiting
- Anorexia and cachexia
- Nutritional problems
- Hydration
- Constipation
- Central nervous system symptoms
- Delirium
- Depression
- Systemic symptoms
- Dyspnea
- Urinary incontinence
- Pressure sores
- Other problems of patients with cancer
- Malignant intestinal obstruction
- Malignant dysphagia
- Neuromuscular dysfunction
- Malignant ulceration
- Other problems of patients with nonmalignant diseases
- Dementia
- Motor neuron disease
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- Chronic vegetative state
- Advanced pulmonary disease
- Heart disease
- Palliative surgery
- Principles of preoperative care
- Principles of operating for advanced cancer
- Principles of postoperative care
- Indications for surgery
- The management of pain
- An overview of pain management
- Principles of pain management
- The ladder approach
- Managing the complications of pain treatment
- Opioids
- Oral morphine
- Parenteral opioids
- Alternative routes of administration
- Adjuvant analgesic drugs
- Anticonvulsants
- Phenothiazines
- Antidepressants
- Antihistamines
- Steroids
- Antibiotics
- Amphetamines
- Butyrophenones.