Oncologic Emergency Medicine

Knox H. Todd, MD, MPHChacras de Coria, Mendoza, ArgentinaFormer Professor and Founding Chair (retired) Department of Emergency MedicineThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA Charles R. Thomas, Jr., MDOregon Health & Science UniversityKnight Cancer InstituteDepartment of Radiation MedicinePortland, OR, USA Kumar Alagappan, MDThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterDepartment of Emergency MedicineHouston, TX, USA

• Part I Systems.- 1 Epidemiology.- 2 Models of Care.- 3 Informatics.- 4 Quality Measures.- 5 Patient Navigation.- 6 Nursing.- 7 Palliative Social Work.- Part II Prevention.- 8 Tobacco Control.- 9 Problem Drinking.- 10 Ionizing Radiation.- 11 Cervical Cancer Screening- 12 Lung Cancer Screening.- 13 Colorectal Cancer Screening.- 14 Melanoma Screening.- Part III Evaluation and Treatment.- 15 Acute Airway Obstruction.- 16 Central Nervous System.- 17 Pituitary Apoplexy.- 18 Spinal Cord Compression.- 19 Head and Neck.- 20 Ophthalmology.- 21 Cardio-Oncology.- 22 Superior Vena Cava Syndrome.- 23 Pulmonary.- 24 Venous Thromboembolism.- 25 Gastroenterology.- 26 The Acute Abdomen.- 27 Diarrhea.- 28 Constipation.- 29 Endocrinology and Metabolism.- 30 Renal.- 31 Urology.- 32 Gynecology.- 33 Orthopedics.- 34 Dermatology.- 35 Pediatrics.- 36 Hyperleukocytosis and Leukostasis.- 37 Bleeding and Thrombosis.- 38 Infectious Disease.- 39 Febrile Neutropenia.- 40 Neutropenic Enterocolitis.- 41 Sickle Cell Disease.- 42 Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism.- 43 Delirium.- 44 Suicide.- 45 Substance Abuse.- 46 Radiology.- 47 Ultrasound.- Part IV Toxicities.- 48 Chemotherapy Toxicity.- 49 Radiation Toxicity.- 50 Mucositis.- 51 Stoma Complications.- 52 Hematopoietic Cell Transplant.- 53 Toxicities of Novel Antineoplastic Therapies.- 54 Fluorouracil or Capecitabine Overdose.- Part V Palliative Care.- 55 Emergency Department Use at End of Life.- 56 Pain Management.- 57 Dyspnea in the Dying Patient.- 58 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- 59 Palliative Surgery.- 60 Palliative Care.- 61 Hospice.- 62 Communication.- 63 Palliative Care Research.- Part VI Contextual.- 64 Ethics.- 65 Health Disparities.- 66 Emergency Oncology in the United Kingdom.- 67 Pain Management in Low-resource Settings.- 68 Curriculum Development.- 69 National and Institutional Research Efforts.- 70 COVID-19.- 71 The Physician and Cancer: In Their Own Words.- APPENDIX.