Medical Oncology

General Hospital Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

How do you manage anticoagulation/antiplatelet therapies with strong indications for uninterrupted therapy in setting of urgent procedures?

For example, anticoagulation for recent, significant PE or dual antiplatelet therapy for recent MI, but requiring urgent procedures such as biopsy of ...

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What is your approach to IV fluid management for the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy?

Is there an advantage between saline and LR?

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How do you approach ADT in patients with high-risk prostate cancer who have risk factors for VTE, such as Factor V Leiden?

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For patients with newly diagnosed VTE on IV heparin planned for transition to DOAC, would you start at the loading or maintenance DOAC dose?

If they have been on IV heparin for 3 days, for example, would you subtract those days from the recommended loading dose time?

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What is your strategy to prevent and treat constipation in patients initiating or receiving opioids?

What non-pharmacological interventions do you recommend? Do you routinely prescribe prophylactic laxatives to patients initiating opioids? How do you ...

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