title: [Metabolic emergencies in critically ill cancer patients].
abstract: Severe metabolic alterations frequently occur in critically ill cancer patients; hypercalcemia, hypocalcemia, hyponatremia, tumor lysis syndrome, metabolic complications of renal failure and lactic acidosis. Cancer patients with metabolic emergencies should be treated in a medical oncology department or an intensive care unit. Most metabolic emergencies can be treated properly when they are identified early. The clinician should consider that the prognosis of critically ill cancer patients depends on their primary disease, comorbidities and organ failure.
authors: Departamento de Terapia Intensiva. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. México. Departamento de Terapia Intensiva. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. México.. snamendys@incan.edu.mx.
authors: Silvio A
authors: SA
authors: Namendys-Silva
authors: Departamento de Anestesiología. Hospital ABC. México..
authors: Marisol
authors: M
authors: Hernández-Garay
authors: Departamento de Terapia Intensiva. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. México..
authors: Francisco J
authors: FJ
authors: García-Guillén
authors: Departamento de Terapia Intensiva. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. México..
authors: Paulina
authors: P
authors: Correa-García
authors: Director General Adjunto Médico. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. México..
authors: Angel
authors: A
authors: Herrera Gómez
authors: Director General, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología. México..
authors: Abelardo
authors: A
authors: Meneses-García
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy*