Richard K blow et al, eds 1998, 60...

Richard K blow et al, eds 1998, 608 pp $45 wirebound

It is always thrilling to witness great advances in medical technology within one's lifetime. In the past 30 to 40 years, there has been an explosion of novel treatment modalities that offer many the public improved treatment options for incurable diseases. Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is single such modality that has improved medical care for patients with malignancies, diseases of marrow failure, and certain genetic diseases. After detonation of nuclear devices in the mid 1940 the government's interest in understanding the events of human radiation injuries intensified and expanded research, ultimately bringing BMT from an experimental laboratory plan to an established therapeutic modality.

This compact part is full of everything united would ever need to know about BMT A multidisciplinary editorial team has compiled a very great complement of expert contributors who current a myriad of information, tables, graphs, and diagrams to help negotiate this self-same technical subject. The target audience for this volume consists of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists who deal specifically with patients undergoing BMT and transplantation units.

The first part of the volume introduces general topics related to BMT including history, requirements for establishing a BMT unit, patient and donor evaluations, fiscal elements of BMT, and transplantation conducts and is accompanied by black and white photos of aspirate collection fix up and harvest procedures. The middle section of the part explores the highly technical facts of transfusion medicine in marrow and vital current cell transplantation and cytoreduction. A great deal of pertinent information is located in the chapters that focus in succession specific diseases and their etiology, diagnosis, work-up, prognosis, and treatment considerations with BMT Concluding the main division are chapters dealing with engraftment, system-oriented general medical care, infections, toxicity, and medications.

At first it was daunting to papal court this much technical information at handed in such a compact part although overall it was negotiated easily. Specific information is indexed fitly and explained clearly. The satisfy in this book obviously is geared toward the physician; however, it would be an of the best quality resource for any provider caring for patients who are upon a BMT unit or undergoing treatment for a disease that may require BMT

This work is available from Landes Bioscience, 810 s Church St, Georgetown, TX 78626; http://www.landesbioscience.com.

STEFFANI H HANSEN RN BSN MHR CNOR, CDR suckle CORPS, US NAVY QUALITY MANAGER NAVAL HOSPITAL KEFLAVIK, ICELAND

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