What Every Emergency Phisician Needs to Know About Superior Vena Cava, Spinal Cord Compression, and Intracranial Hypertension Syndromes

Authors

  • Carlos Eduardo Paiva Oncologista Clínico do Centro de Tratamento Oncológico do Hospital das Clínicas (HC) da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (FMB) - UNESP. Especialista em Cancerologia pela Sociedade Brasileira de Cancerologia. Mestrando em Patologia pela FMB-UNESP
  • Antonio José Maria Catâneo Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Cirurgia da FMB-UNESP. Responsável pela disciplina de Cirurgia Torácica e coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bases Gerais da Cirurgia da FMB - UNESP
  • Roberto Colichio Gabarra Professor Assistente, Doutor do Departamento de Neurologia e Psiquiatria da FMB-UNESP
  • Odair Carlito Michelin Professor Assistente, Doutor do Departamento de Clínica Médica da FMB-UNESP. Responsável pelo Centro de Tratamento Oncológico do HCFMB-UNESP e pela residência de Cancerologia Clínica da FMB-UNESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2008v54n3.1727

Keywords:

Spinal cord compression, Intracranial hypertension, Superior vena cava syndrome, Emergency treatment, Neoplasms

Abstract

Cancer and its treatment can lead to clinical situations that require urgent therapeutic intervention, and treatment delay can result in death or permanent sequelae. Physicians on duty in general hospital emergency departments experience difficulty in managing cancer patients and their complications. This review aimed to help emergencycare physicians in their initial approach to some types of important and common structural oncological emergencies. The review specifically outlines the superior vena cava syndrome, spinal cord compression syndrome, and malignant intracranial hypertension.

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Published

2008-09-30

How to Cite

1.
Paiva CE, Catâneo AJM, Gabarra RC, Michelin OC. What Every Emergency Phisician Needs to Know About Superior Vena Cava, Spinal Cord Compression, and Intracranial Hypertension Syndromes. Rev. Bras. Cancerol. [Internet]. 2008 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];54(3):289-96. Available from: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/1727

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 3 (2008): July/Aug./Sept.

Section

LITERATURE REVIEW

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