Anesthetic considerations for the pediatric oncology patient – part 2: systems‐based approach to anesthesia |
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Authors: | GREGORY J. LATHAM MD ROBERT S. GREENBERG MD |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA;2. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA |
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Abstract: | One of the prices paid for chemo‐ and radiotherapy of cancer in children is damage to the vulnerable and developing healthy tissues of the body. Such damage can exist clinically or subclinically and can become apparent during active antineoplastic treatment or during remission decades later. Furthermore, effects of the tumor itself can significantly impact the physiologic state of the child. The anesthesiologist who cares for children with cancer or for survivors of childhood cancer should understand what effects cancer and its therapy can have on various organ systems. In part two of this three‐part review, we review the anesthetic issues associated with childhood cancer. Specifically, this review presents a systems‐based approach to the impact from both tumor and its treatment in children, followed by a discussion of the relevant anesthetic considerations. |
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Keywords: | anesthesia pediatric oncology chemotherapy radiation therapy toxicity |
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