Medicine:Oncological emergencies
From HandWiki
Oncological emergencies are a group of conditions that occur as a direct or indirect result of cancer or its treatment that are potentially life-threatening[1]
These include:
- Hypercalcaemia
- Neutropaenic sepsis
- Tumour lysis syndrome
- Leukostasis
- Raised intracranial pressure
- Spinal cord compression
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Superior vena cava obstruction
- Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH)
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation
References
- ↑ "Oncological Emergencies". Patient UK. http://patient.info/doctor/oncological-emergencies. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
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