Oncologic Emergency Medicine

Part I. Systems and Contextual Issues

1. Models of Care for Cancer Emergencies
Terry W. Rice, Adam Klotz, Helen L. Neville-Webbe, Shin Ahn, Eric J. Adkins

2. Quality Measures for Oncologic Emergency Medicine
Tracy E. Spinks, Carmen Esther Gonzalez

3. Ethics of Emergency Department Cancer Care
Kenneth V. Iserson

4. Patient Navigation
Timethia Bonner, Ledric D. Sherman, Thelma C. Hurd, Lovell Allan Jones

5. The Interface of Emergency Department, Oncology, and Palliative Social Work: Psychosocial Interventions in Oncologic Emergencies
Robin Rudy Lawson, Alison Snow

6. Rapid Learning Systems
Krish Patel, Amy P. Abernethy

Part II. Prevention

7. Tobacco-Related Illnesses and Management
Steven L. Bernstein

8. Ionizing Radiation
Richard T. Griffey

9. Cervical Cancer Prevention
Larissa May, Chelsea Ware

10. Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism: The Oncologic Emergency Response
Nicholas Dainiak, Ronald E. Goans, Carol J. Iddins, Cullen Case

Part III. Evaluation and Treatment

11. Emergent Management of Acute Airway Obstruction from Malignant Disease
Brittany L. Powell, Pierre R. Theodore

12. Oncologic Emergencies of the Central Nervous System (CNS)
Ivo W. Tremont-Lukats, Sudhakar Tummala

13. Malignant Spinal Cord Compression
Jayne M. Viets-Upchurch

14. Head and Neck Oncologic Emergencies
Eugene Son, C. David Fuller, Neil D. Gross

15. Cardiovascular Emergencies
Adam H. Miller

16. Pulmonary Complications in Cancer Patients
Wissam Abouzgheib, R. Phillip Dellinger

17. Venous Thromboembolism
Zachary P. Kahler, Jeffrey A. Kline

18. Superior Vena Cava Syndrome (SVCS)
David E. Manthey, Leslie R. Ellis

19. Neutropenic Fever
Min Ji Kwak, Srinivas R. Banala, Kalen Jacobson, Demetrios N. Kyriacou

20. Bleeding and Thrombosis in Cancer Patients
Thomas DeLoughery

21. Endocrine and Metabolic Emergencies
Sai-Ching Jim Yeung

22. Pituitary Apoplexy
Daria Krivosheya, Ian E. McCutcheon

23. Nephro-urologic Emergencies in Patients with Cancer
Amit Lahoti

24. Oncologic Emergencies: Gastroenterology
Brintha K. Enestvedt, Jennifer L. Maranki, Gene Bakis

25. The Acute Abdomen
Analisa Armstrong, Alessandro Fichera

26. Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Emergency Management
Veronica K. Sikka, Raaj K. Popli, Harinder S. Dhindsa

27. Diarrhea in Cancer Patients
Sai-Ching Jim Yeung

28. Constipation in Cancer Patients
Carmen Esther Gonzalez, Josiah K. Halm

29. Dermatologic Emergencies in Oncologic Patients
Marisa Kardos Garshick, Laura Levin, Joanna Harp

30. Gynecological Oncologic Emergencies
Tatjana Bozanovic, Aleksandar Ljubic, Tanja Pejovic

31. Ophthalmic Emergencies in Cancer Patients
Diana Chao, Mathieu F. Bakhoum, Bita Esmaeli

32. Psychiatry and Oncologic Emergencies
Roberto O. Gonzalez, Seema M. Thekdi, Anis Rashid

33. Chemotherapy-Induced Toxicities
Katy M. Toale, Tami N. Johnson, Maggie Q. Ma

34. Treatment Toxicity: Radiation
T. J. FitzGerald, Maryann Bishop-Jodoin, Fran Laurie, Allison Sacher, Richard V. Aghababian, Eric Dickson

35. Emergency Radiology
Keith D. Herr, Tarek N. Hanna

Part IV. Palliative Care

36. Pain Management
Danielle M. McCarthy

37. Substance Abuse Issues in Oncology: What the ED Professional Needs to Know
Steven D. Passik, Adam Rzetelny, Kenneth L. Kirsh

38. Dyspnea in the Dying Patient
Trevor Pour, Ashley Shreves

39. Palliative Surgery
Brian Badgwell

40. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Cancer Patient
Adam H. Miller, Monica K. Wattana

41. Emergency Department Use at End of Life Among Cancer Patients
Lisa Barbera, Hsien Seow

42. Capacity Building: Integration of Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine
Sangeeta Lamba

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Emergency Medicine, Oncology, Primary Care Medicine