CHAPTER 32 Nutrition Support of Patients with Gynecologic Cancer MARK SCHATTNER MOSHE SHIKE INTRODUCTION Cachexia and weight loss are common manifestations of cancer and exert major impacts on quality of life…
CHAPTER 6 Cancer Prevention Strategies MARY B. DALY INTRODUCTION As our knowledge of the genetic, physiologic, environmental, and lifestyle factors associated with the carcinogenic process grows, the prevention of cancer is…
56 PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION (NONCARDIAC SURGERY) General Discussion The effective preoperative evaluation seeks to perform several tasks which include (1) decreasing surgical morbidity; (2) minimizing expensive delays and cancellations on the…
10 CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EVALUATION General Discussion The central nervous system (CNS) is susceptible to bacterial, viral, and fungal infections, as well as to prion diseases and numerous local and systemic…
54 PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY General Discussion Peripheral neuropathy represents one of the most common neurologic disorders encountered by primary care physicians. Peripheral neuropathy may be the result of hereditary, toxic, infectious,…
67 THROMBOCYTOPENIA General Discussion Thrombocytopenia is defined as a platelet count below the normal range for the population, which is between 150 000 and 450 000/μL. Healthy women may experience…
