'Dr. Monica Wattana has assembled 'must have' information to diagnose and treat a wide variety of urgent and emergent conditions experienced by the cancer patient, providing key information presented in an easily digestible format to assist the busy clinician. Featuring 'clinical pearls' and up-to-date references in each chapter, this text provides concise reviews of clinically important cancer emergencies with which the general practitioner may be less familiar. Easy access to the numerous grading and risk-stratifying schemes involved in cancer care, alongside their acronyms and together in one source, will save users valuable time. This is a welcome aid for medical students, residents, nurses, and midlevel practitioners facing questions on ward rounds or in certification exams, offering us the essential guidance to provide superior care to the growing number of patients with cancer emergencies.' Knox H. Todd, M.D., M.P.H.; Editor-in-Chief, Emergency Cancer Care; Editor, Oncologic Emergency Medicine: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition
Introduction 1. Cancer overview: Part I. Anti-cancer Treatment Overview: 2. Chemotherapy; 3. Hematopoietic stem cell transplant; 4. Hormone therapy; 5. Immunotherapy; 6. Radiation therapy; 7. Targeted cell therapy; Part II. Pain and Palliative Care in the Emergency Department: 8. Acute pain management; 9. Opiate equianalgesic conversion; 10. Patient controlled analgesia pump; 11. Communication tips for delivering bad news; 12. End of life symptom management; Part III. Systems Based Overview of Cancer Complications: 13. Overview of Cardiovascular Disease in Cancer Patients; Chapter I. Cardiovascular: 14. Cancer treatment induced arrhythmia; 15. Acute coronary syndrome; 16. Blood transfusion complications; 17. Carotid blowout syndrome; 18. Disseminated intravascular coagulation; 19. Heart failure; 20. Hyperviscosity syndrome; 21. Pericardial effusion and tamponade; 22. Pericarditis; 23. SVC syndrome; 24. Venous thromboembolism management; Chapter II. Gastrointestinal: 25. Constipation management; 26. Cancer related diarrhea; 27. Chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting; 28. Feeding tube complications; 29. Malignant bowel obstruction; 30. Malignant intestinal perforation; 31. Mesenteric bowel ischemia; 32. Mucositis; 33. Neutropenic enterocolitis (Typhlitis); 34. Radiation enteritis; 35. Sinusoidal obstructive syndrome; Chaper III. Genitourinary: 36. Gynecological oncology surgical complications; 37. Hemorrhagic cystitis; 38. Hypercalcemia; 39. Hyponatremia; 40. Obstructive uropathy; 41. Troubleshooting percutaneous nephrostomy tubes; Chapter IV. Integumentary: 42. Chemotherapy extravasation management; Chapter V. Lymphatic: 43. CART-Cell toxicity; 44. Checkpoint inhibitor immune-related adverse events; 45. Differentiation syndrome in acute leukemias; 46. GVHD; 47. Hyperleukocytosis and leukostasis; 48. Neutropenic fever; 49. Tumor lysis syndrome; Chapter VI. Nervous: 50. Approach to cancer patient with altered mental status; 51. Delirium symptom management; 52. Depression in cancer patients; 53. Elevated intracranial pressure; 54. Intracranial hemorrhage; 55. Leptomeningeal disease; 56. Malignant spinal cord compression and cauda equina syndrome; 57. Paraneoplastic syndromes; 58. Seizure management; 59. Stroke management in cancer patients; Chapter VII. Respiratory: 60. Cancer treatment induced interstitial lung disease; 61. Hemoptysis; 62. Hiccups; 63. Laryngectomy troubleshooting; 64. Malignant central airway obstruction; 65. Malignant pleural effusion; 66. Tracheostomy troubleshooting; Index.