Haematology nursing [electronic resource] / [edited by] Marvelle Brown, Tracey J. Cutler.

Haematology Nursing is a comprehensive handbook, with a nursing focus, on the care and management of patients with haematological disorders. Divided into four sections, the first provides an introduction to haematology, looking at haemopoiesis, immunology and genetics. Section two covers non-maligna...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Wiley)
Other Authors: Brown, Marvelle, Cutler, Tracey J.
Other title:Hematology nursing.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Understanding haemopoiesis
  • Immunology
  • Genes and haematology
  • The cell
  • Aplastic anaemia : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • Nutritional anaemia : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • Acquired anaemia : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • Inherited anaemia : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • Sickle cell disease and thalassaemia : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • Haemochromatosis : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • Polycythemia : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • The myelodysplastic syndromes : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • Acute leukaemia : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • Chronic leukaemia : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • Multiple myeloma : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • Lymphoma : pathophysiology, care, and management
  • Blood transfusion
  • Venous access devices
  • Chemotherapy and monoclonal antibodies
  • Haemopoietic stem cell transplant
  • Palliative care.