Practical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

✍ Scribed by Andrew J. Cant, Angela Galloway, Graham Jackson

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 219
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Practical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation is the only comprehensive yet practical guide to the total care of the transplant patient. It provides a ready source of reference to help health care professionals involved in the management of patients requiring bone marrow and stem cell transplantations – covering many of the infections and complications that may arise.

An essential, practical manual for all those working in the field of bone marrow and stem cell transplantation

• A balanced practical text aimed at the whole multi-disciplinary team
• Easy to use - practically organized - covering all aspects of pre and post transplant care – including social and psychological aspects
• Experienced and well respected editorial team

Whether you are an established specialist in hematology/oncology, nursing specialist, trainee, or any other member of the hematopoietic stem cell transplant team, this book will answer all your questions about the medical, social and psychological pre and post transplant, patient care.

✦ Table of Contents

List of contributors......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
List of abbreviations......Page 13
1 Why hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and for whom?......Page 15
2 Pre-transplant assessment......Page 28
3 The transplant......Page 37
4 Care of the transplant patient......Page 55
5 Prevention of infection during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation......Page 69
6 Bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections in the transplant patient......Page 81
7 Virus infections in the HSCT patient......Page 95
8 Management of febrile neutropenia and system-specific infections......Page 106
9 The role of intensive care in the management of hematopoietic stem cell patients......Page 122
10 Graft-vs.-host disease and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease......Page 131
11 Gastrointestinal, respiratory and renal/urogenital complications of HSCT......Page 140
12 Follow up in the first year after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation......Page 147
13 Immune recovery following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and vaccination......Page 154
14 Prevention of infection following discharge after hematopoietic stem cell transplant......Page 161
15 Social and psychological aspects of care......Page 172
16 Long-term follow up of transplant recipients......Page 188
17 Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation – the future......Page 202
Index......Page 207