Palliation

Hospital Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

For bone metastases requiring surgical stabilization, what time interval from the date of surgery do you use for post-op radiation?

What is the maximum time that can be used (given the complexities with patient being in the hospital or needing rehab)?

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How would you manage newly diagnosed spinal cord compression presenting with paraplegia without tissue confirmation?

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How would you manage palliation in a patient with postobstructive pneumonia caused by a mediastinal mass?

Would you treat if there is active infection? How much improvement would you expect?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 1994-03

Toxicity of thoracic radiotherapy on pulmonary function in lung cancer.

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