Paediatric Oncology Acute Nursing Care

The book addresses four modalities of treatment: chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy, and bone marrow transplant. Each of the four sections looks at specific areas including symptom management, complications, and late effects.

Faith Gibson is Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing Research, Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital and King's College London.

Contributors

ix

Acknowledgements

xi

Preface

xiii

Foreword

xv

Introduction

xvii

Section One Chemotherapy

Principles of chemotherapy

3

(19)

Gaynor Young

Administration of chemotherapy

22

(37)

Louise Hooker

Sarah Palmer

Side effects of chemotherapy

59

(70)

Karen Selwood

Faith Gibson

Margaret Evans

Altered body image

129

(15)

Sarah Palmer

Margaret Evans

Late effects of chemotherapy

144

(10)

Philippa Chesterfield

Future trends

154

(19)

Louise Hooker

Section Two Bone Marrow Transplant

Background to the bone marrow transplant procedure

173

(13)

Nikki Bennett-Rees

Louise Soanes

Preparation for transplant

186

(21)

Nikki Bennett-Rees

Louise Soanes

Collection and infusion of bone marrow

207

(6)

Nikki Bennett-Rees

Louise Soanes

The neutropenic phase

213

(12)

Nikki Bennett-Rees

Louise Soanes

Complications of bone marrow transplant

225

(16)

Nikki Bennett-Rees

Louise Soanes

The post-engraftment phase

241

(8)

Nikki Bennett-Rees

Louise Soanes

Long term effects

249

(8)

Nikki Bennett-Rees

Louise Soanes

Peripheral blood stem cell transplant

257

(8)

Hilary Brocklehurst

Louise Soanes

Further developments in bone marrow transplant

265

(4)

Louise Soanes

Staff support in bone marrow transplant

269

(8)

Louise Soanes

Section Three General Surgery

General surgery

277

(41)

Rachel Hollis

Sharon Denton

Gillian Dixon

Neurosurgery

318

(43)

Lindy May

Fane Watson

Primary bone cancer in young people

361

(34)

Chris Henry

Section Four Radiotherapy

The nature of radiotherapy

395

(10)

Monica Hopkins

Administration of radiotherapy

405

(18)

Monica Hopkins

Tumours and radiotherapy treatment

423

(10)

Monica Hopkins

Acute and subacute side effects of radiotherapy

433

(30)

Monica Hopkins

Jane Pownall

Linda Scott

The role of radiotherapy in palliation

463

(8)

Monica Hopkins

Jane Pownall

Late effects of radiotherapy

471

(32)

Linda Scott

Jane Pownall

Monica Hopkins

The future: what does it hold?

503

(6)

References---Section One

509

(22)

References---Section Two

531

(10)

References---Section Three

541

(8)

References---Section Four

549

(18)

Index

567

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Paediatric Oncology Acute Nursing Care

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