Palliative Medicine Pocketbook 17+
Version 3
Graham Grove
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
A very concise booklet for junior doctors, specialists and general practitioners containing brief, dot-point suggestions for symptom relief in patients with palliative illnesses. Based on the 2014 Isle of Wight Symptom Relief Guidelines by Dr Graham Grove and Dr Paul Howard, this 2019 third edition (with some minor 2022 updates) has been adapted and updated for the Australian context.
It contains details about the following:
- Medications useful in the last few hours of life
- Using continuous subcutaneous infusions
- Using opioids and treating pain
- Treating respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurological, dermatological and systemic symptoms in palliative patients
- Treating acute complications of cancer
- And the Gold Coast Specialist Palliative Care and SPaRTa team details
What’s New
Version 3
- A number of medication changes, including medication suggestions that align with PBS availability (such as clonazepam and hydromorphone)
- A pop-up calculator to allow for easy calculations for opioid conversions
- Additional appendices for VTE prophylaxis and point of care ultrasound tips for bladder measurements and ascites recognition
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Information
- Seller
- Graham Grove
- Size
- 13.9 MB
- Category
- Medical
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 17+ Frequent/Intense Medical/Treatment Information Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Copyright
- © 2021 Graham Grove
- Price
- Free