Supportive Care Strategies Gebunden

This book provides up-to-date clinically relevant information on a range of complex issues relating to supportive care strategies for the recipients of hematopoietic cell transplantation. The topics addressed include the prevention recognition and treatment of transplant-related side effects management of pretransplant comorbidities supportive care for specific age groups quality of life issues in patients who experience graft-versus-host disease mental and spiritual health care caregiver and healthcare provider support strategies and important issues related to end of life care. The aim is to supply hematologists oncologists transplant specialists and palliative care physicians with practical knowledge that can be immediately applied in patient care to optimize transplant-related outcomes. The book's format which offers concise non-exhaustive coverage of these and other unique topics is supplemented by a wealth of working tables algorithms andfigures ensuring that it will also serve hematology oncology and transplant trainees as a reliable companion during their daily work. The authors are world-renowned experts in the field of hematopoietic transplantation and palliative care medicine and present well-reasoned opinions based on their own experiences and draw attention to relevant results from potentially high-impact clinical trials.