Acute Oncologic Complications: Clinical–Therapeutic Management in Critical Care and Emergency Departments
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چکیده
Introduction. It is now known that cancer a major public health problem; on the other hand, it less known, or rather, often underestimated, significant percentage of patients will experience cancer-related emergency. These conditions, depending severity, may require treatment in intensive care emergency departments. In addition, not uncommon for tumor pathology to manifest itself directly, first instance, with related The unit proves be fundamental and central management patients. Many cases are diagnosed instance as result symptoms lead patient’s admittance into room. Materials Methods. This narrative review aims analyze impact acute oncological setting role physician their management. A search was conducted over period January 1981–April 2023 using main scientific platforms, including PubMed, Scopus, Medline, Embase Google scholar, 156 papers were analyzed. Results. To probe emergencies increasingly overcrowded departments, we analyzed following pathologies: neurological emergencies, metabolic endocrinological vascular malignant effusions, neutropenic fever anemia. Discussion/Conclusions. Our analysis found redefinition department connected oncology necessary, considering only disease strict sense, but also comorbidities, palliative setting. need redesign an able manage end life appears clear, especially when this turns out severe effects cannot managed at home integrated care. conclusion, paradigm mandatory, such integration between various specialists belonging medicine department. Therefore, our work provide what can handbook detect, diagnose treat hoping patient multidisciplinary perspective, which could regular presence oncologist
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Oncology
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1718-7729', '1198-0052']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30080531