title: [Urological emergency for cancer patients].
abstract: We summarized here the urological emergency status accompanied by cancer, such as urinary obstruction, bleeding and renal failure. Hydronephrosis occurs due to obstructive change and post-renal failure finally results after complete obstruction of bilateral ureters. Patients with obstructive disease are treated with percutaneous nephrostomy or indwelling double-J catheter. Bladder tamponade develops after bleeding of the urinary tract. Patients with bleeding are treated by bladder irrigation or transcatheter arterial embolization. Acute renal failure (ARF) includes pre-renal ARF, renal ARF and post-renal ARF, necessitating emergency hemodialysis. The emergency status can be often observed simultaneously, so careful examination and rapid treatment are necessary.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Urology, Nara Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozono
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Okajima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirao
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000209:etiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*