Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Management for the Cancer Patient

Farquhar-smith, Paul/ Wigmore, Tim/ Irving, Colm

ISBN 10: 0199584648 / ISBN 13: 9780199584642

Published by Oxford Univ Pr, 2011

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1st edition. 258 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Management for the Cancer Patient
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199584648
• ISBN 13: 9780199584642
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.55 kilograms

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Synopsis

One in three people will develop some kind of cancer in their lifetime, and anaesthetists are likely to have a major involvement in the care of the cancer patient. This book comprises five main sections dealing with cancer, anaesthesia for cancer surgery, intensive care, pain management, and supportive and palliative care.

About the Author

Paul Farquhar-Smith trained in anaesthesia, pain, and intensive care in Cambridge and London. He was awarded a PhD in Pain and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. His interests include sedation and delirium in intensive care, pain in cancer survivors such as chronic pain after surgery, and chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain.

Tim Wigmore is clinical lead for intensive care medicine at the Royal Marsden Hospital. Trained in intensive care medicine in Australia, his interests include microbiology and care of the haemato-oncological patient in intensive care.