© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Manfred Dietel, Christian Wittekind, Gianni Bussolati and Moritz von Winterfeld (eds.)Pre-Analytics of Pathological Specimens in OncologyRecent Results in Cancer Research19910.1007/978-3-319-13957-9_7 Current Projects in Pre-analytics: Where to Go? Anna Sapino1 , Laura Annaratone1 and Caterina Marchiò1 (1)…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Manfred Dietel, Christian Wittekind, Gianni Bussolati and Moritz von Winterfeld (eds.)Pre-Analytics of Pathological Specimens in OncologyRecent Results in Cancer Research19910.1007/978-3-319-13957-9_4 Tissue Heterogeneity as a Pre-analytical Source of Variability Giorgio Stanta1 (1) Department of…
Fig. 17.1 (a) Hemorrhagic orbital cellulitis in a patient with neutropenic fever, thrombocytopenia with proptosis, ophthalmoplegia. and optic nerve dysfunction. (b) Computed tomography scan showing ethmoid sinusitis with strands in…
Fig. 4.1 Etiologies of dyspnea in cancer patients. BOOP bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia Pneumothorax Pneumothorax may be classified as spontaneous, iatrogenic, or tension pneumothorax or hydropneumothorax. Etiologies for pneumothorax include…
High-risk Allopurinol Carbamazepine Lamotrigine Nevirapine Oxicam nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g., piroxicam) Phenobarbital Phenytoin Sulfasalazine Sulfonamide antibiotics Significant but lower risk Acetic acid nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g., diclofenac) Other antibiotics (aminopenicillins,…
Fig. 3.1 A 36-year-old woman with metastatic thyroid cancer and no prior history of arrhythmia presented to the emergency room with a chief complaint of palpitations. Cardiac monitor tracings demonstrated…
Fig. 9.1 Phases of opportunistic infections in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. NK natural killer, HHV6 human herpesvirus 6, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, PTLD posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease. [Reprinted from Tomblyn…
Symptom/sign Incidence rate Overall severity Mild 58.2 % Moderate 32.8 % Severe 9.0 % Flushing 54.7 % Dyspnea 29.7 % Chest discomfort 26.2 % Pruritus 24.6 % Elevated blood pressure…
Fig. 2.1 Preprinted orders for potassium replacement The oral route is preferred over other routes if feasible. The intravenous route may be used in patients with profound hypokalemia or unable…
Procedure Fetal dose (cGy) Chest X-ray (2 views) 0.00002–0.00007 Abdominal film (single view) 0.1 Intravenous pyelography ≥1 Hip film (single view) 0.2 Mammography 0.007–0.020 Barium enema/small bowel series 2–4 CT…
