Main description:

This new resource on managing oncologic emergencies is directed at all health care professionals who care for patients with cancer or survivors. Edited and written by clinician-experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the book covers the full range of oncologic emergencies, from cardiac and neurologic to orthopedic to hematologic, and addresses important palliative care, ethical, and Emergency Department considerations.

Chapters are structured with busy clinicians in emergent and urgent settings in mind, and each chapter concludes with a series of key practice points and a list of suggested readings for those who wish to delve deeper into a subject.

For any clinician facing the increasing number of patients who experience an oncologic emergency, this is an up-to-date, clinically focused, and authoritative resource.

Contents:

Ch. 1 Neurologic Emergencies

Patricia Brock

Katy M. Toale

Sudhaker Tummala

Ch. 2 Metabolic and Endocrine Oncologic Emergencies

Sai-Ching Jim Yeung

Wenli Liu

Ch. 3 Cardiac Emergencies in Cancer Patients

Patrick Chaftari

Elie Mouhayar

Cezar Iliescu

Saamir A. Hassan

Peter Kim

Ch. 4 Pulmonary and Airway Emergencies

Marina George

Maria-Claudia Campagna

Parikshet Babber

Saadia A. Faiz

Ch. 5 Gastrointestinal Emergencies in the Oncology Patient

Maria-Claudia Campagna

Marina George

Josiah Halm

Asifa Malik

Ch. 6 Nephro-urologic Emergencies in Patients with Cancer

Amit Lahoti

Maria Teresa Cruz Carreras

Abdulla K. Salahudeen

Ch. 7 Rheumatologic/Orthopedic Emergencies

Huifang Lu

Maria E. Suarez-Almazor

Ch. 8 Cancer Care Ethics in the Emergency Center

Colleen M. Gallagher

Jessica A. Moore

Jeffrey S. Farroni

Ch. 9 Emergencies in Infectious Diseases

Carmen Esther Gonzalez

Kalen Jacobson

Mary Markovich

Ch. 10 Hematologic Emergencies

Shuwei Gao

Khanh Vu

Francisca Gushiken

Khanh Thi Thuy Nguyen

Ch. 11 Chemotherapy-Related Emergencies

Jeong Hoon Oh

Ch. 12 Palliative Care in the Emergency Center

Nada

Fadul

Ahmed Elsayem

Ch. 13 Psychiatric Emergencies

Seema M. Thekdi

Sara Wood

Ch. 14 Pediatrics

Regina Okhuysen-Cawley

Sunil K. Sahai

Peter M. Anderson

Ch. 15 Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies in Cancer Patients

Matthew P. Schlumbrecht

Diane C. Bodurka

Ch. 16 Dermatologic Emergencies

Steven R. Mays

Sharon R. Hymes

Katherine C. Cole

Henry M. Kuerer

Ch. 17 Ophthalmologic Emergencies

Stella K. Kim