A Guide to Symptom Relief in Advanced Disease

by Claud F. B. Regnard (Author), Sue Tempest (Primary Contributor), Sue Tempest (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $4.10

  This guide aims to help doctors and nurses solve the urgent problems they encounter on the ward or in the consulting room. This edition has been updated to include the latest in advanced disease symptom control and the text emphasizes clinical decisions in relation to each symptom. It now encompasses diseases such as AIDS, motor neurone disease and other life-threatening diseases. There are new sections on psychological problems, including breaking difficult ntes. Detailed drug information now includes a formulary. The work includes a chapter on emergencies, and discusses the management of severe pain and severe agitation. The appendices provide details on syringe drivers, drug doses, adverse effects and interactions, while management advice is set out in tables, providing easy access to practical information. Each section is accompanied by a comprehensive list of bibliographic references on the relevant subject.

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $3.28

  This reference guide has become the indispensible companion of doctors and nurses in helping to solve urgent problems as they meet them on the ward or in the consulting room. Strong emphasis is placed throughout the text on clinical decisions in relation to each symptom. Entirely new sections on diagnosis of pain, dysphagia, diarrhoea, bleeding and weakness. A new chapter on emergencies including the management of severe pain and severe agitation. Appendices providing new details on syringe drivers, drug doses, adverse effects and interactions. Management advice set out in tables, making practical information accessible at a glance. Each section is accompanied by a comprehensive list of bibliographic references on the relevant subject. The book is designed for general practitioners, hospital physicians, nursing tutors schools of nursing, medical and nursing librarians, members of support-teams in hospices.