Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

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Should all patients with a remote history of immunotherapy, chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy have a baseline TTE regardless of ASCVD risk?

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Should testing for genetic causes of HLH be performed in all patients with MAS or secondary HLH regardless of the patient's age?

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How do you approach dosing of anakinra in MAS?

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For patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors presenting with chest pain, dyspnea, fatigue, and troponin elevation, would you recommend early initiation of high dose steroids for empiric treatment of ICI myocarditis while pursuing workup with coronary angiogram, echocardiogram, and/or cardiac MRI, or wait until alternative etiologies have been ruled out?

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How do you approach diagnosis and treatment of HLH/MAS following CAR T-cell therapy?

How is this entity distinct from other secondary HLH entities?

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What is your surveillance approach for outpatient monitoring of ICI myocarditis?

(i.e. frequency of serial BNP, troponin, cMRI)

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What is your approach to treatment of infection-triggered HLH that does not respond to treatment of the underlying infection?

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In the setting of secondary HLH associated with initial diagnosis of lymphoma, would you adjust steroid dose and type to account for differences in HLH and lymphoma treatment protocols?

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Given recent studies investigating ICI myocarditis biomarkers such as Temra CD8+ cells, is there now a growing selection of clinical biomarkers, besides BNP and troponin, being measured routinely in ICI myocarditis cases?

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When would you consider tapering glucocorticoids in a patient with ICI-associated myocarditis?

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What are the best labs to trend improvement in HLH?

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How do you discern whether elevated liver enzymes are from immunotherapy versus chemotherapy when a patient is on combination chemo/immunotherapy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Gastroenterology, 1993-06

Hepatoprotective properties of ursodeoxycholic acid.

Gastroenterology, 1991 Jul

Evidence for a direct hepatoprotective action of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary human hepatocytes.

Z Naturforsch C J Biosci, 2002 Mar-Apr

Prophylactic effect of aqueous propolis extract against acute experimental hepatotoxicity in vivo.

Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol, 2003 Nov

Hepatoprotective effect of baicalin, a major flavone from Scutellaria radix, on acetaminophen-induced liver injury in mice.

Exp Toxicol Pathol, 2002 Feb

Acetaminophen hepatotoxicity and mechanisms of its protection by N-acetylcysteine: a study of Hep3B cells.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 1999 Sep 24

Ursodeoxycholic acid protects hepatocytes against oxidative injury via induction of antioxidants.

Ital J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 1998 Dec

Amantadine hydrochloride decreases serum ALT activity without effects on serum HCV-RNA in chronic hepatitis C patients.

Chem Biol Interact, 2001 Dec 21

Vitamin E succinate protects hepatocytes against the toxic effect of reactive oxygen species generated at mitochondrial complexes I and III by alkylating agents.

Eur Heart J, 2022 Nov 01

2022 ESC Guidelines on cardio-oncology developed in collaboration with the European Hematology Association (EHA), the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) and the International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS).

JACC CardioOncol, 2022 Dec 20

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis Treatment Strategies and Future Directions.

Pediatric blood & cancer, 2011-01

Rate of decline of ferritin in patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis as a prognostic variable for mortality.

Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis, 2020 Nov 24

Efficacy of high-dose anakinra in refractory macrophage activation syndrome in adult-onset Still's disease: when dosage matters in overcoming secondary therapy resistance.

Eur Heart J, 2022 Jan 31

Defining cardiovascular toxicities of cancer therapies: an International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS) consensus statement.

J Am Heart Assoc, 2020 Jan 21

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis: Pathophysiological Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

Circulation, 2020 Jun 15

Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events and the Timing and Dose of Corticosteroids in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Myocarditis.

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