Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-255

  Wan, Jonathan F ^a,b   Bezjak, Andrea ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Endovascular stenting; Radiation therapy; Superior vena cava obstruction; Superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIURETIC AGENT; STEROID;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDEMA; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MOON FACE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EDEMA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 65549162771     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.01.003     Document Type: Review

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