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How do you prescribe a steroid taper for radiation and checkpoint inhibitor related pneumonitis?

I've seen a handful of fatal radiation pneumonitis associated with rapid steroid tapers by the non-treating physicians. How do you recommend prescribi...

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For patients with suspected complement-mediated TMA, are there specific clinical or laboratory parameters that can help guide the decision for starting empirical treatment (e.g., eculizumab) while awaiting the results of complement testing?

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What approaches can we take to initiate therapy and improve survival rates in patients with HLH?

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Do you use FVIII levels to differentiate between DIC and coagulopathy of liver disease?

Common thought is that FVIII may be used for differentiating coagulopathy in liver disease (normal to increased, from reduced clearance of VWF/FVIII) ...

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How would you manage a patient with radiation pneumonitis who remains symptomatic on steroids?

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How do you manage an adult primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the lung/mediastinum?

Is there any role for consolidative RT/CRT to the lung and mediastinum after initial chemo? What dose and fractionation would be most appropriate for ...

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Hepatology, 1996 Jun

Coagulation factor V levels as a prognostic indicator in fulminant hepatic failure.

Hepatology, 1986 Jul-Aug

Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors in fulminant hepatitis B.

Gut, 1992 Jan

Coagulation factor V and VIII/V ratio as predictors of outcome in paracetamol induced fulminant hepatic failure: relation to other prognostic indicators.

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