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Blood and Marrow Transplant Handbook

Comprehensive Guide for Patient Care

  • Updated edition features the latest management guidelines for hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients

  • Offers indications for transplant, essential details for patient/donor evaluation, and recommendations for management of complications and more

  • Features step-by-step instructions for common procedures and documentation guidelines

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. The Nuts and Bolts of Stem Cell Transplantation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Pre-transplant Medical Evaluation

      • Andy Chen
      Pages 43-54
    3. Social Work: Evaluation and Support

      • Nancy Boyle, Keren McCord
      Pages 55-65
    4. Conditioning Regimens

      • Joseph S. Bubalo
      Pages 67-80
    5. Nutrition

      • Stacey Evert
      Pages 81-89
    6. Physical and Occupational Therapy

      • Jennifer Pidkowicz
      Pages 91-98
    7. Adolescent and Young Adult Concerns

      • Brandon Hayes-Lattin
      Pages 99-105
    8. Infection Prophylaxis

      • Lynne Strasfeld
      Pages 107-117
    9. Graft-Versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis

      • Erin Corella
      Pages 119-137
    10. Transfusion Medicine

      • Susan Schubach Slater, James Gajewski
      Pages 139-150
    11. Antithrombotic Guidelines

      • Thomas DeLoughery
      Pages 151-159
    12. Engraftment

      • Sara Murray
      Pages 161-165
    13. Follow-Up Care

      • Carol Jacoby
      Pages 167-185
  3. Transplant Complications and Ongoing Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
    2. Radiology Pearls for the Transplant Provider

      • Lyudmila Morozova, Marc Gosselin
      Pages 189-200
    3. Infectious Complications

      • Lynne Strasfeld
      Pages 201-222

About this book

This updated and expanded edition developed by the Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant team at Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute features the latest medical management guidelines and standards of care for hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.  Spanning the timeline from the initial consultation throughout the transplant process, this handbook includes indications for transplantation and donor selection, treatment guidelines for addressing complications during and after transplant, and recommendations for long-term follow up care. Concise, comprehensive, and easy-to-use, Blood and Marrow Transplant Handbook, 2nd Edition presents a multidisciplinary approach to information for physicians and advanced practice medical providers who care for transplant patients, and also residents, fellows, and other trainees.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Knight Cancer Institute Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program, Oregon Health & Science University Center for Hematologic Malignancies, Portland, USA

    Richard T. Maziarz, Susan Schubach Slater

About the editors

Richard T. Maziarz, MD

Center for Hematologic Malignancies

Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program

Knight Cancer Institute

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, OR

Susan Slater, MN, FNP-BC

Center for Hematologic Malignancies

Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program

Knight Cancer Institute

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, OR

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Blood and Marrow Transplant Handbook

  • Book Subtitle: Comprehensive Guide for Patient Care

  • Editors: Richard T. Maziarz, Susan Schubach Slater

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13832-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-13832-9Published: 20 April 2015

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 444

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Transplant Surgery, Hematology, Oncology

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eBook USD 69.99
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