Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care Flashcards is a comprehensive, evidence-based book of flashcards for clinicians caring for patients who require hospice and palliative care and supportive care. Written in a clinical scenario/vignette, question and answer format by experts with first-hand experience in the field, the flashcards are highly readable and serve as a source of fast answers to clinical questions in the field. A total of 300 flashcards are organized into chapters by symptom/disease and provide readers with up-to-date information that follow the core curriculum of American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine for ease of use and rapid review for exams. This book will equip care professionals with key concepts related to the assessment and management of palliative care, making it an ideal point-of-care quick reference material for physicians, nurse practitioners, fellows, residents, and students.
Chapter 1: Principles of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care Sriram Yennurajalingam Chapter 2: Symptom Assessment Marvin Omar Delgado Guay Chapter 3: Clinical Decision Making in Palliative Care Eduardo Bruera Chapter 4: Principles of Assessment and Pain Management and Procedures in Pain Management Francisco A. Loaiciga and Suresh Reddy Chapter 5: Adjuvant Drugs in Pain Management David R. Eidelson and Larry C. Driver Chapter 6: Cancer Related Fatigue Sriram Yennurajalingam Chapter 7: Anorexia/Cachexia syndrome and Hydration Egidio G. Del Fabbro Chapter 8: Management of Psychological Symptoms including Anxiety and Depression Marvin Omar Delgado Guay Chapter 9: Sleep Disturbance in Palliative Care Rebecca Burke and Sriram Yennurajalingam Chapter 10: Nausea and Vomiting Shalini Dalal Chapter 11: Delirium Shirley H. Bush and Valerie Gratton Chapter 12: Dyspnea Praveen Vijhani, Farah Kazzaz, Saadia A. Faiz, and Diwakar D. Balachandran Chapter 13: Constipation and Bowel Obstruction Marieberta Vidal Chapter 14: Palliative Care Emergencies Sriram Yennurajalingam Chapter 15: Other Symptoms: Xerostomia, Hiccups, Pruritus, Pressure Ulcers and Wound Care, Lymphedema, and Myoclonus Paul W. Walker Chapter 16: Frequent Pharmacological Interactions in Palliative care Mary Lynn McPherson, Kelly Mendoza, and Jessica Geiger-Hayes Chapter 17: Hospice Approach to Palliative Care: Medicare Hospice Benefit Sriram Yennurajalingam Chapter 18: Cultural Issues in Palliative Care Sriram Yennurajalingam Chapter 19: Psychosocial and Spiritual Issues in Palliative Care Marvin Omar Delgado Guay and Sriram Yennurajalingam Chapter 20: Palliative Care in the Last Hours of Life Ahsan Azhar Chapter 21: Palliative Sedation Paul W. Walker Chapter 22: Grief and Bereavement Rony Dev Chapter 23: Communication and Team Work Eduardo Bruera Chapter 24: Family Conference in Palliative care Margaret L. Isaac MD and J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH Chapter 25: Caregiver-Related Concerns Kathrin Milbury Chapter 26: Ethical and Legal Decision Making Donna S. Zhukovsky, Colleen M. Gallagher, and Francis Baker Chapter 27: Prognosis Rossi Romina, Scarpi Emanuela, and Maltoni Marco Chapter 28: Challenging Conversations in Palliative Care Kimberson Cochien Tanco and Daniel Epner Chapter 29: Pediatric Palliative Care Kevin Madden Chapter 30: Geriatric Issues in Palliative Care Marvin Omar Delgado Guay and Sriram Yennurajalingam Chapter 31: Palliative Care in Long Term Care Settings Sriram Yennurajalingam Chapter 32: Palliative care in end-stage heart failure Linh My Thi Nguyen Chapter 33: Palliative care in end-stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Linh My Thi Nguyen Chapter 34: Palliative care in end-stage liver disease Linh My Thi Nguyen Chapter 35: Palliative care in end-stage renal disease Linh My Thi Nguyen Chapter 36: Palliative Care in End-Stage Neurological Disease Tobias Walbert and Joel Phillips Chapter 37: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Palliative Care John Weru Chapter 38: Burnout in Palliative Care Regina M. Mackey and Suresh Reddy Chapter 39: Research in Terminally Ill Patients Sriram Yennurajalingam Chapter 40: Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Margaret L. Isaac and J. Randall Curtis
Sriram Yennurajalingam is Associate Professor of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.Eduardo Bruera is Professor and Chair of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Reviews for Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care Flashcards
Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care Flashcards is a comprehensive, evidence-based book of flashcards for clinicians. [It is] accessible and easy to pick up at a moment's notice. -- Dr Sarah Russell, ehospice
