Introduction: From diagnosis to post-treatment, many young breast cancer survivors (YBCS) experience infertility, limited contraception choices, concern about pregnancy safety, and menopausal symptoms. Clinical guidelines recommend oncofertility care (counseling and/or clinical services that meet fertility, contraception, pregnancy health and/or menopausal symptom management needs) throughout the cancer care continuum. However, significant oncofertility care gaps exist in rural, community oncology settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFType A aortic dissection is rare in young females; however, it is associated with a high mortality rate. This case report describes a 30-year-old female at 38 weeks of gestation who presented with acute onset chest pain and hypotension responsive to intravenous fluid therapy. Transthoracic echocardiogram and chest computed tomography angiography confirmed a type A aortic dissection.
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August 2021
Purpose Of Review: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) are used for anatomic resection of early stage cancer. These surgical techniques require the use of one-lung ventilation (OLV). During OLV, an obligatory intrapulmonary shunt may produce hypoxemia.
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