Abstract | OBJECTIVES: DATA SOURCES: Database searches and review of relevant medical literature. DATA SYNTHESIS:
Malignancy-related complications demand increased attention from intensivists due to their frequency and increasing cancer prevalence. Although such complications portend a poor prognosis, proper acute management can improve short-term outcomes by facilitating either definitive care of the underlying malignancy or the institution of appropriate palliative measures. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Michael T McCurdy, Carl B Shanholtz |
Journal | Critical care medicine
(Crit Care Med)
Vol. 40
Issue 7
Pg. 2212-22
(Jul 2012)
ISSN: 1530-0293 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 22584756
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones
(therapeutic use)
- Back Pain
(etiology)
- Cardiac Tamponade
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Critical Care
- Critical Illness
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Dyspnea
(etiology)
- Edema
(etiology)
- Emergencies
- Humans
- Hypercalcemia
(diagnosis, therapy)
- Neoplasms
(complications)
- Pericardial Effusion
(diagnosis, therapy)
- Pericardiocentesis
- Spinal Cord Compression
(diagnosis, therapy)
- Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
(diagnosis, therapy)
- Tumor Lysis Syndrome
(diagnosis, therapy)
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