Internal Medicine — Old Core Academic Day Lectures (Until Sep 2023)
Oncological emergencies
Teaching
Competencies covered in this activity
| 1. Practise medicine within their defined scope of practice and expertise | ||||||
| 1.4. Apply knowledge of the following systems, clinical scenarios, conditions, diseases and therapies applicable to Internal Medicine, including the manifestations, investigation, and management | ||||||
| 1.4.12. Infection | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3. Malignancy | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.1. Oncologic emergencies including, but not limited to: | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.1.1. Hypercalcemia | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.1.2. Spinal cord compression | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.1.3. Superior vena cava syndrome | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.1.4. Pleural and pericardial effusion | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.1.5. Tumour lysis syndrome | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.2. Screening and prevention | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.3. Complications of chemotherapy including myelosuppression and hyperemesis | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.4. Principles of diagnosis and treatment of the following: | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.4.1. Breast cancer | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.4.2. Ovarian cancer | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.4.3. Endometrial and cervical cancer | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.4.4. Urothelial cancer | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.4.5. Prostate cancer | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.4.6. Head and neck cancers | ||||||
| 1.4.12.3.4.7. Para-neoplastic syndromes | ||||||