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Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
- Differential ... of breath • Neurologic ... Superior Vena Cava ... #differential # ... diagnosis #cancer
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Patients with Cancer ... Cancer Related ... Capillary leak syndrome ... #Oncology #Differential ... Classification #Nephrology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Malabsorption syndromes ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Superior vena cava ... syndrome • Shunt ... Emphysema • Cancer
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... pain hematuria syndrome ... BPH • Prostate cancer ... #Hematuria #Differential ... #urology #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... fibrosis, cervical cancer ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Injury (AKI) - Differential ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Constipation • Prostate Cancer ... #Differential #
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
thermoregulatory center ... Can be rapidly fatal ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... ; Serotonin syndrome ... comparison #diagnosis #management
Priapism 

Secondary Causes:
Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine
Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
Secondary Causes ... hyperviscosity syndrome ... Priapism #Diagnosis #Management ... #Urology #Differential
Causes of Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Syndrome 
Malignant Causes (2/3 of cases)
 - 95%
Vena Cava (SVC) ... Syndrome Malignant ... - Lung Cancer ... - Metastatic Cancer ... #Causes #Differential