Bookedited by Kim Schmit-Pokorny, Seth Eisenberg.
Summary: "Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has evolved from primary use in hematologic malignancies and nonmalignant disease and solid tumors into a treatment option for many other diseases, and indications for HSCT continue to expand. The new edition of this manual provides comprehensive information on the ever-evolving specialty of HSCT, providing nurses and other practitioners with in-depth information on the entire HSCT process, from stem cell mobilization, collection, and infusion to potential complications and long-term effects. It also includes chapters on current research, emerging therapies, ethics, HSCT program development, and professional practice issues"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
OVERVIEW OF HEMATOPOIESIS AND IMMUNOLOGY
BASIC CONCEPTS OF TRANSPLANTATION
CURRENT RESEARCH
CONSIDERATIONS IN PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND SITES OF CARE
STEM CELL COLLECTION
TRANSPLANT TREATMENT COURSE AND ACUTE COMPLICATIONS
ACUTE AND CHRONIC GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE
HEMATOLOGIC EFFECTS
GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLICATIONS
HEPATORENAL AND BLADDER COMPLICATIONS
CARDIOPULMONARY COMPLICATIONS
NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS
RELAPSE AND SUBSEQUENT MALIGNANCIES
LATE EFFECTS AND SURVIVORSHIP CARE
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
EMERGING CELLULAR THERAPIES : CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR T CELLS
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
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