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EM Quick Hits 32 Checkpoint Inhibitors, Adult Epiglotitits, HSP, Heat Stroke, Bell’s Palsy and Leukemia

Emergency Medicine Cases

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The Case of a Patient With Cancer on MABs

These patients come with pneumonia or a pattern on their chest x-ray. Is it pneumonia? Or is it an autoimmune lung disease caused by checkpoint inhibitors? What do they think about this? Very simple. They've got cancer. They're on some drug ending in MAB. You look it up and it says checkpoint inhibitor. Yep. It could be autoimmune pulmonary disease. And this is not treated with subtraoxone. This isn't treated with antiviral agents. It's treated with prednisolone and stop the checkpoint inhibitors.What are the other diseases? Sactyl nervous system diseases. Aseptic meningitis. Guillaume berycindrome. Ch

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