Pharmaceutical Dilemmas in the ICU Cancer Patient
Todd Canada, PharmD, BCNSP
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Center
Houston, Texas, USA
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PICU Care of Children with Cancer
Alan Fields
The Children’s Cancer Hospital at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Center
Houston, Texas, USA
Rodrigo Mejia, MD
The Children’s Cancer Hospital at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Center
Houston, Texas, USA
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Nutrition Management of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient in the ICU
Sara Bergerson, RD
Clinical Center,
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Brad Moriyama, PharmD
Clinical Center,
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Critical Care of Cancer Patients
Brenda K. Shelton, MS, RN, CCRN, ACCN
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Center
John Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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