This book emphasizes the use of symptom assessment tools and goal-oriented decision making with patients and families when treating nonpain symptoms. Symptoms covered include dyspnea, dysphagia, anorexia-cachexia, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, malignant bowel obstructions, delirium, and emergent conditions. The latest pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions for each symptom is covered.

Upon completion of this self-study program the learner should be better able to

• recognize the importance of using symptom assessment tools to ensure comprehensive data collection and objective comparison between patient encounters
• assess and provide effective interventions for dyspnea, including
  • nonpharmacologic management of dyspnea
  • pharmacologic management of dyspnea
  • management of pulmonary congestion and secretions
  • refractory dyspnea and proportional palliative sedation
  • compassionate ventilator withdrawal
• assess and provide effective interventions for dysphagia, including
  • nonpharmacologic management of dysphagia
  • pharmacologic management of dysphagia
  • surgical interventions for irreversible dysphagia
• assess and provide effective interventions for anorexia-cachexia, including
  • treating reversible causes of anorexia-cachexia
  • pharmacologic management of anorexia-cachexia
  • role of artificial nutrition and hydration
• assess and provide effective interventions for fatigue, including
  • nonpharmacologic management of fatigue
  • pharmacologic management of fatigue
• assess and provide effective interventions for nausea and vomiting, including
  • pathophysiology and etiology of nausea and vomiting
  • nonpharmacologic management of nausea and vomiting
  • pharmacologic management of nausea and vomiting
  • alternative routes of medication delivery
• assess and provide effective interventions for malignant bowel obstruction, including
  • managing constipation and fecal impaction
  • pharmacologic management of malignant bowel obstruction
  • procedural interventions for malignant bowel obstruction
• assess and provide effective interventions for delirium, including
  • definition of etiology
  • reversing treatable causes of delirium
  • nonpharmacologic management of delirium
  • pharmacologic management of delirium
• assess and provide effective interventions for emergent conditions, including
  • airway obstruction
  • cardiac tamponade
  • massive hemorrhage
  • hypercalcemia
  • pathologic fracture
  • spinal cord compression
  • seizures
  • superior vena cava syndrome
  • urinary retention.

Authors:
Jennifer Kapo, MD
Felicia Hui, MD
Ryan Giddings-Connolly, MD
Aleksander Shalshin, MD
Andrew Putnam, MD
Catherine Adams, MD PhD
Rebecca Sands, DO

No CME credits available

Member Price: $65
List Price: $85