Learning objectives:

• How do immune checkpoint inhibitors work?
• What are the most common treatment-related side effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors on the GI tract?
• What are the methods to diagnosed immune checkpoint inhibitor associated colitis?

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Learning objectives: 

• How do immune checkpoint inhibitors work?
• What are the most common treatment-related side effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors on the heart?
• What are the methods to diagnosed immune checkpoint inhibitor associated cardiotoxicity?

To watch the lecture, and learn more about the speaker, please visit https://www.continulus.com/library/?collection=emergency+medicine&chapter=cancer

Neutropenic fever is an oncologic emergency that carries high morbidity and mortality and is a common condition seen in the Emergency Department. This lecture provides a concise and condensed overview of the definitions, etiology, workup, and up to date treatment strategies to manage neutropenic fever. Ultimately, the aim of this lecture is to make practitioners feel more comfortable managing neutropenic fever in their current practice environments.

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Basic emergency medicine critical actions are applicable and appropriate in the cancer population. Breast, Lung, and Melanoma are the most common tumors to metastasize to the brain while Breast, Lung, and Prostate are the most common to go to the spine. Dexamethasone is a common initial treatment of choice in cases of suspected spinal cord compression or elevated ICP from a brain metastasis. The imaging modality of choice is an MRI with and without contrast of brain and/or entire spine (or both, depending on the circumstances). Treatment of these patients requires a multidisciplinary team that includes their primary oncologist, neurology, neurosurgery, and radiation oncology. We must strive to treat cancer patients’ pain adequately and ease suffering as much as possible in these challenging cases.

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A short introduction to the Cancer Chapter from Kumar Alagappan, Professor of EM at MDAnderson Cancer Centre.

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This talk goes over a general overview of spinal cord injuries and emergencies. We go over some basic anatomy of the spinal cord, followed by clinical presentations, grading scale, and imaging modalities to help assess these injuries. Lastly, we go over management options and treatments of potential complications that arise from spinal cord injuries.

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Status epilepticus is a life-threatening emergency. However, there are different forms of status epilepticus: focal to bilateral tonic-clonic status epilepticus and focal status epilepticus. Focal status epilepticus may have prominent motor symptoms, often with impaired awareness, or may be nonconvulsive. The implications of this are important: the treatment of focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures requires immediate action.

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This talk highlights how a quick scroll through a non contrasted head CT can provide important information about the severity of illness. We review normal anatomy and easily recognized distorsions of neuroanatomy that suggest severe brain injury and impending herniation. The talk focuses on how these brain injured patients can be managed to prevent further injury and how simple bedside exams findings coupled with neuroradiologic findings can guide bedside management.

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This talk highlights how a quick scroll through a non contrasted head CT can provide important information about the severity of illness. We review normal anatomy and easily recognized distorsions of neuroanatomy that suggest severe brain injury and impending herniation. The talk focuses on how these brain injured patients can be managed to prevent further injury and how simple bedside exams findings coupled with neuroradiologic findings can guide bedside management.

To watch the lecture, and learn more about the speaker, please visit https://www.continulus.com/library/?collection=emergency+medicine&chapter=brain

This talk explores the acute management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a focus on severe traumatic brain injured patients. We review the global burden of TBI and societal impact. We discuss characterizing TBI severity. We review the imaging to obtain based on various factors related to the injury. We discuss the critical role of the provider in preventing secondary injury in brain injured patients and how to manage a brain injured patient in the acute setting. Throughout the presentation, we review evidence-based guidance.

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