By Lisa M DeAngelis, Jerome B Posner

Patients with cancer can suffer from a bewildering variety of neurologic signs and symptoms.

The neurologic symptoms are often more disabling than the primary cancer. Symptoms including confusion, seizures, pain and paralysis may be a result of either metastases to the nervous system or one of several nonmetastatic complications of cancer.

The physician who promptly recognizes neurologic symptoms occurring in a patient with cancer and makes an early diagnosis may prevent the symptoms from becoming permanently disabling or sometimes lethal.

This monograph, an update of the first edition published in 1995, is divided into 3 sections. The first classifies the wide variety of disorders that can cause neurologic symptoms the patient with cancer, discusses the pathophysiology of nervous system metastases,

the pathophysiology and treatment of brain edema and the approach to supportive care of common neurologic symptoms such as seizures, pain, and side effects of commonly used supportive care agents.

The second section is devoted to nervous system metastases, addressing in turn, brain, spinal cord, meningeal and cranial and peripheral nerve metastases, describing clinical symptoms, approach to diagnosis and current treatment.

The third section addresses several nonmetastatic complications of cancer and includes sections on vascular disease, infections, metabolic and nutritional disorders, side chemotherapy, radiation and other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The final chapter addresses paraneoplastic syndromes.

The book is intended for practicing oncologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists as well as internists who treated patients with cancer. Our attempt was to write a book that would assist oncologists in understanding neurologic problems and neurologists in understanding oncologic problems.

The book is also intended for physicians training to specialize in any of the above areas. It includes a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of patients with neurologic disease who are with known to have cancer or in whom cancer is suspected.

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Provides practical, evidence-based guidance for managing transfusion practice and patient care in patients who may require transfusion.

The rapid evolution of transfusion medicine, shaped by advances in science, technology, and global practice, demands an authoritative and up-to-date resource. Practical Transfusion Medicine, Seventh Edition, meets this need by offering a comprehensive and clinically grounded guide to the principles and practice of transfusion medicine. Building on the trusted foundations of previous editions, it balances depth of coverage with accessibility, making it an indispensable resource for trainee and practising haematologists, clinical and scientific staff working in transfusion services, and clinicians treating patients who may require transfusion.

This new edition reflects the considerable changes in the field since 2022, incorporating new sections on patient blood management, cellular and tissue therapy, and organ transplantation. A dedicated chapter on cardiorespiratory complications including transfusion-associated circulatory overload highlights their importance as a complication of transfusion, whilst the restructured clinical practice section offers a more focused approach to transfusion management across medical, surgical, and haematology patients. With contributions from leading international experts, the text provides evidence-based insights supported by numerous charts, tables, and algorithms.

Practical Transfusion Medicine, Seventh Edition:

• Integrates scientific, clinical, and regulatory perspectives with global context
• Provides detailed coverage of transfusion-associated complications and their management
• Features expanded sections on patient blood management, tissue therapy, and transplantation
• Balances comprehensive detail with clarity, offering more depth than handbooks yet more accessibility than reference tomes
• Addresses both acute clinical decision-making and long-term patient management

Practical Transfusion Medicine, Seventh Edition, is essential for postgraduate and specialist trainees in haematology preparing for examinations such as the FRCPath in the UK, as well as for trainees in the many specialties where transfusions are used. It is equally valuable as a reference tool for established clinicians treating patients requiring transfusion and for clinical and scientific staff working in transfusion services.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 27, 2026
• Edition ‏ : ‎ 7th
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1394291965
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1394291960