Supervisors info:
Ιωάννης Καλεμικεράκης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΠΑΔΑ
Γεωργία Τούλια, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΠΑΔΑ
Αντωνία Καλογιάννη Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΠΑΔΑ
Summary:
Introduction: Emergency oncological problems are common in emergency medicine and nursing. These patients are an important part of ICU visits and have a high hospital admission rate.
Aim: The aim of this study was to search the literature, in order to investigate the emergency oncological problems that occur in cancer patients and need treatment in the hospital environment.
Methodology: The literature was searched through the Pubmed and Googlescholar electronic databases. The keywords used were: cancer, malignancy, oncology, metabolic emergency, emergency medicine, treatment, oncologic emergency, oncologic emergency medicine, pediatric oncologic emergency, pediatric oncologic emergency. The word OR and AND were used between the keywords. Articles from the last 10 years, written in English or Greek, were included, which were original studies and specifically clinical studies, randomized clinical trials, controlled clinical trials, comparative trials, multicenter trials and meta-analyzes.
Results: Totally, 8 articles included. Emergency problems were hyponatremia, adrenal insufficiency after chemotherapy, malignant spinal compression, acute airway bleeding caused by bronchoscopy, and pericardial occlusion.
Conclusions: Oncology patients have emergency health problems, which often disrupt their treatment due to unscheduled admissions or increased length of hospital stay. They also increase the cost of hospitalization and mortality of cancer patients.
Keywords:
Emergency, Oncological problems, Complications, Emergency department, Cancer
