Oncologic Emergency Medicine: Principles and Practice

✍ Scribed by Knox H. Todd, Charles R. Thomas, Jr. (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 530
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive clinical reference on cancer emergencies. It is edited and written by world-renowned experts in emergency medicine and oncology and covers the diagnosis and management of the full range of emergencies caused directly by cancer or by its treatment. It shows how the entire spectrum of clinical medicine is brought to bear in the care of cancer patients in the unique setting of the emergency department (ED), from health promotion and prevention, to treatment and palliative care. Recognizing the multiple, overlapping contexts in which emergency care of cancer patients occurs, the book addresses clinically crucial interdisciplinary topics such as the ethics of ED cancer care, the interface with palliative social work, substance abuse, and more. Finally, perspective on care system and social forces that shape ED cancer care, such as cancer care disparities and care models, and on how ED cancer care is delivered outside of the United States, frame the book as a whole. Against the backdrop of rising numbers of cancer patients and survivors as the United States population ages and a forecast shortage of oncologists, this book is designed to serve as the authoritative, single-source clinical reference on cancer emergencies. The intended audience includes emergency physicians, oncologists, internists, family physicians, emergency nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, policy makers as well as pre- and postgraduate trainees.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Models of Care for Cancer Emergencies....Pages 3-12
Quality Measures for Oncologic Emergency Medicine....Pages 13-41
Ethics of Emergency Department Cancer Care....Pages 43-56
Patient Navigation....Pages 57-65
The Interface of Emergency Department, Oncology, and Palliative Social Work: Psychosocial Interventions in Oncologic Emergencies....Pages 67-77
Rapid Learning Systems....Pages 79-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Tobacco-Related Illnesses and Management....Pages 97-105
Ionizing Radiation....Pages 107-117
Cervical Cancer Prevention....Pages 119-125
Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism: The Oncologic Emergency Response....Pages 127-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Emergent Management of Acute Airway Obstruction from Malignant Disease....Pages 139-147
Oncologic Emergencies of the Central Nervous System (CNS)....Pages 149-159
Malignant Spinal Cord Compression....Pages 161-167
Head and Neck Oncologic Emergencies....Pages 169-178
Cardiovascular Emergencies....Pages 179-190
Pulmonary Complications in Cancer Patients....Pages 191-202
Venous Thromboembolism....Pages 203-210
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome (SVCS)....Pages 211-222
Neutropenic Fever....Pages 223-233
Bleeding and Thrombosis in Cancer Patients....Pages 235-242
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Endocrine and Metabolic Emergencies....Pages 243-262
Pituitary Apoplexy....Pages 263-271
Nephro-urologic Emergencies in Patients with Cancer....Pages 273-283
Oncologic Emergencies: Gastroenterology....Pages 285-297
The Acute Abdomen....Pages 299-309
Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Emergency Management....Pages 311-317
Diarrhea in Cancer Patients....Pages 319-325
Constipation in Cancer Patients....Pages 327-332
Dermatologic Emergencies in Oncologic Patients....Pages 333-349
Gynecological Oncologic Emergencies....Pages 351-358
Ophthalmic Emergencies in Cancer Patients....Pages 359-369
Psychiatry and Oncologic Emergencies....Pages 371-379
Chemotherapy-Induced Toxicities....Pages 381-406
Treatment Toxicity: Radiation....Pages 407-419
Emergency Radiology....Pages 421-441
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
Pain Management....Pages 445-454
Substance Abuse Issues in Oncology: What the ED Professional Needs to Know....Pages 455-469
Dyspnea in the Dying Patient....Pages 471-482
Palliative Surgery....Pages 483-491
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Cancer Patient....Pages 493-500
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
Emergency Department Use at End of Life Among Cancer Patients....Pages 501-511
Capacity Building: Integration of Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine....Pages 513-523
Back Matter....Pages 525-538

✦ Subjects

Emergency Medicine; Oncology; Primary Care Medicine