Anesthesia Care for Cancer Patients

Unique Anesthetic Considerations in Cancer Patients

Author(s): Mia Ye and Mina Ghaly *

Pp: 166-179 (14)

DOI: 10.2174/9798898813727125010011

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

In this chapter, we examine how unique situations arise in cancer patients and how they affect anesthetic management. The conditions include septic and obese patients, cancer-causing paraneoplastic syndromes such as Cushing’s and Lambert- Eaton Syndromes or tumor compression causing mesenteric ischemia. Finally, we examine anesthetic options for patients undergoing stem cell transplantation.


Keywords: Cushing’s syndrome, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, Mesenteric ischemia, Obese patient, Paraneoplastic syndromes, Stem cell treatment, Sepsis, Tumor compression, Unique anesthesia consideration.