| Pulmonary Involvement in Patients with Hematological Malignancies Contributor(s): Azoulay, Elie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642157416 ISBN-13: 9783642157417 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $237.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine - Medical | Hematology - Medical | Critical Care |
| Dewey: 616.15 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 8" W x 10.4" (4.80 lbs) 827 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The number of patients treated for hematological malignancies is increasing steadily. To maximize cure rates, aggressive treatments have been introduced, including high-dose chemotherapy, stem cell transplantation, and targeted therapies. As a result, overall and disease-free survival rates have improved substantially, but at the price of life-threatening toxic and infectious complications that chiefly target the lung. This book provides clinicians caring for patients with hematological malignancies with detailed, up-to-date information on all relevant aspects of pulmonary involvement. Individual sections are devoted to epidemiology, diagnostic strategy, lung infections, non-infectious pulmonary involvement, and treatment, including decision making in patients with acute respiratory failure. Each of these sections contains a number of chapters, all written by leading international experts. In addition, the reader's attention is drawn to important "pearls" relating to each condition. |
