Useful for assessing and treating patients with primary complications associated with cancer, this book includes guidance for managing oncologic emergencies, fluid and electrolyte complications, body organ dysfunctions and associated ethical problems. It also addresses almost every body system, age group and type of cancer.

This new "how-to" book for assessing and treating patients with primary complications associated with cancer, includes guidance for managing oncologic emergencies, fluid and electrolyte complications, body organ dysfunctions and associated ethical problems. Written and reviewed by experts in both oncology and critical care nursing, the book addresses every body system, age group and type of cancer.

Ethical Perspectives. Ethics Case Study. Acute Pancreatitis. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Airway Obstruction. Anaphylaxis from Chemotherapy. Bronchiolitis Obliterans. Carotid Artery Rupture. Diabetes Insipidus. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation. Esophageal Varices. Fever. Graft Vs. Host Disease. Hemorrhage Secondary to Cervical Cancer. Hemorrhagic Cystitis. Hepatic Encephalopathy. Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease. Hypercalcemia. Hyperkalemia. Hyperleukocytosis in Childhood Leukemia. Hypernatremia. Hyperuricemia. Hypokalemia. Hypomagnesemia. Hyponatremia. Increased Intracranial Pressure. Lactic Acidosis--Type B. Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome. Malignant Ascites. Malignant Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade. Malignant Pleural Effusions. Malnutrition/Cachexia. Pain Management: Somatic, Visceral, And Neuropathic. Pathologic Fracture. Perirectal Infection. Pulmonary Fibrosis. Seizures. Sepsis and Septic Shock. Spinal Cord Compression. Suicidal Ideation. Superior Vena Cava Syndrome. Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion. Tumour Lysis Syndrome. Typhlitis in Paediatrics.