[Urological emergency for cancer patients].
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.
Ozono
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S
Dept. of Urology, Nara Medical University, Japan.
Okajima
E
E
Takashima
K
K
Yoshida
K
K
Hirao
Y
Y
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*