Anaesthesia, intensive care, and pain management for the cancer patient

Paul Farquhar-Smith trained in anaesthesia, pain, and intensive care in Cambridge and London. He was awarded a PhD in Pain and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. His interests include sedation and delirium in intensive care, pain in cancer survivors such as chronic pain after surgery, and chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain.Tim Wigmore is clinical lead for intensive care medicine at the Royal Marsden Hospital. Trained in intensive care medicine in Australia, his interests include microbiology and care of the haemato-oncological patient in intensive care.

The book is clear and easy to read. As a full-text book, I recommend it, the authors present clinically useful and / or update basic knowledge at the expert level. The book is best suited for those who have basic knowledge of anesthesia management of cancer patients, and who wish to refresh themselves in selected topics.

• SECTION 1 ; 1. Haematological malignancy: a rough guide ; 2. Cancer biology and treatment: a molecular and therapeutic overview ; SECTION 2 ANAESTHESIA FOR SPECIFIC SURGERIES AND OTHER INTERVENTIONS ; 3. Preassessment for major cancer surgery ; 4. Perioperative fluid management for major cancer surgery ; 5. Anaesthesia for CT, MRI, PET scan, radiotherapy and other interventions ; 6. Vascular access and anaesthesia for vascular access ; 7. Anaesthesia for head and neck cancer surgery ; 8. Anaesthesia for upper GI cancer surgery ; 9. Anaesthesia for cancer liver surgery ; 10. Anaesthesia for plastic reconstructive and free flap surgery ; 11. Anaesthesia for surgery for gynaecological malignancy ; 12. Anaesthesia for urological cancer surgery ; SECTION 3 MALIGNANT DISEASE AND CRITICAL CARE ; 13. Bone marrow transplantation and implications for critical care ; 14. Outcomes for patients with cancer in critical care ; 15. Implications of chemotherapy for critical care patients ; 16. Interactions between critical illness management and cancer growth and spread ; 17. Ethical consideration for treatment ; SECTION 4 CANCER AND PAIN ; 18. Acute pain management of patients taking opioids ; 19. Bone pain ; 20. Breakthrough pain ; 21. Opioid switching and the genetics of opioid sensitivity ; 22. Paediatric cancer pain ; 23. Complementary therapies in cancer pain ; 24. Pain in cancer survivors