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One-Hour Concurrent Session

A Refresher on Oncologic Emergencies

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM US CST

CE: 1.0

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

Joseph Nates, MBA, MD

Professor, Deputy Chair, Director ICUs
University of Texas MD Anderson Center
Bellaire, Texas

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

In a flipped classroom format, the audience will discuss the pharmacologic management of cancer patients admitted to the ICU with febrile neutropenia, hypercalcemia, and tumor lysis syndrome. Throughout the discussion, the moderator will highlight challenging aspects that may be encountered in the management of oncologic emergencies.

Learning Objectives:

Apply available evidence to the management of patients presenting with tumor lysis syndrome
Apply available evidence to the management of patients presenting with febrile neutropenia
Apply available evidence to the management of patients presenting with hypercalcemia

Presentations:

Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Concurrent Session Faculty: Janice L. Zimmerman, MD, MACP, FRCP,MCCM – n/a
A Refresher on Oncologic Emergencies: Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
Concurrent Session Faculty: Anne Rain Brown, PharmD, BCCCP,FCCM – University of Texas MD Anderson Center
Febrile Neutropenia
Concurrent Session Faculty: Leon Chen, DNP ACNP FCCP FAANP – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center