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A T Nally

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PubMed1999

Nurse survivors face each new day with humor and hope.

Oncology nurses have long been aware that surviving cancer is far more than a five- or ten-year marking of time. Cancer survivorship starts at the moment of diagnosis, a moment the survivor will recall forever. Today, more than eight million Americans are living and surviving with cancer--five million of them were diagnosed more than five years ago. The continuing challenge for oncology nurses is to assist patients not just to survive, but to thrive, in the continuing and ever-changing time following a cancer diagnosis.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1996

Critical care of the patient with lung cancer.

Critical care of patients with lung cancer requires a knowledge of the behavior of this malignancy and the implications of several prognostic variables. Lung cancer's location, cellular characteristics, and metastatic patterns predispose patients to many emergencies that may require critical care intervention. In this article, the author presents important background on the behavior of this malignancy, its treatment, and predicted critical care problems. Included is a discussion of complications such as spinal cord compression, superior vena cava syndrome, airway obstruction, pleural effusions, and neoplastic cardiac tamponade, with an overview of common paraneoplastic syndromes. A case study exemplifies a possible presentation and management of a patient with lung cancer and some of these complications.

Critical Care↗