RT Book, Section
A1 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121494810
T1 Emergency Complications of Malignancy
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121494810
RD 2024/09/16
AB The  incidence  of  cancer  is  increasing  as  the  general  population  ages  and  individual  longevity  grows.  More  patients  with  active  malignancy  are  likely  to  come  to  the  ED  for  care  because  of  this  increase,  coupled  with  more  intensive  and  varied  treatments  being  applied  in  the  outpatient  setting.1  Many  conditions  that  prompt  these  patients  to  come  to  the  ED  will  not  be  due  to  cancer.2,3  Conversely,  there  are  disorders  often  or  uniquely  related  to  malignancy  that  collectively  are  termed  oncologic  emergencies.4,5,6,7  These  malignancy-related  emergencies  are  broadly  categorized  as:  (1)  those  due  to  local  physical  effects,  (2)  those  secondary  to  biochemical  derangement,  (3)  those  that  are  the  result  of  hematologic  derangement,  and  (4)  those  related  to  therapy  (Table  240-1).