DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Supportive treatment
Therapy
Therapy, or treatment, is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis. In the medical field, it is synonymous with the word "treatment". Among psychologists, the term may refer specifically to psychotherapy or "talk therapy". Preventive therapy or prophylactic therapy is a treatment that is intended to prevent a medical condition from occurring. For example, many vaccines prevent infectious diseases. An abortive therapy is a treatment that is intended to stop a medical condition from progressing any further. A medication taken at the earliest signs of a disease, such as at the very symptoms of a migraine headache, is an abortive therapy...
Supportive treatment - List of case studies
- Pancytopenia of uncertain pathogenesis
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a hypocellular bone marrow with trilineage maturation. The treatment include immunosuppressive agents and erythropoietin. ... is the problem, than several options can be considered: Supportive treatment (RBC transfusions); Erythropoietin injections; Immune ...
- Multiple Myeloma (MM) and Cardiomyopathy
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combined. The patient received anti-MM induction type of treatment (VTD combination), followed by high-dose cyclophosphamide (HDC) and ... (?) based on thalidomide (?, if I understand well). As a supportive treatment he receives (received ?) the bisphosphonate ...
- Portosystemic Encephalopathy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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treated for NHL with CHOP-R 4 years ago. However, post-treatment, he had continued presumed bone marrow suppression. He was diagnosed ... Sorafenib has modest benefit compared to best supportive care. It is not possible from the summary provided to determine the ...
- Symptomatic Pancytopenia
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to establish a definite diagnosis before discussing treatment. questions: ... problem, than several options can be considered: Supportive treatment (RBC transfusions); Erythropoietin injections; Immune ...
- Multiple myeloma with renal involvement, bone lesions and Neuropathy
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1) What treatment do you think we should administer at this time? 2) ... Centers of excellence in Italy and abroad offering treatment? Medical Background: ... Supportive treatment is very important in MM : If the ...
- Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetes
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clinically worrisome. The next step was treatment with commercially available PDE5 inhibitors , starting with ... mechanism dysfunction; however, the findings are not supportive of vascular (blood vessels) pathology. ...
- PANCYTOPENIA OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY
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a hypocellular bone marrow with trilineage maturation. The treatment include immunosuppressive agents and erythropoietin. ... is the problem, than several options can be considered: Supportive treatment ( RBC transfusions ); Erythropoietin injections ; ...
- Motor Neuropathy – additional opinion
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initial response to combination of IVIg and steroids is supportive of multi-focal motor neuropathy, and it is recommended to continue ... What do you think could be the best treatment? Medical Background: ... response to combination of IVIg and steroids is in fact supportive of multi-focal motor neuropathy , not against it. Because of these ...
- 1st and 2nd Motor Neuron Disease of ALS-type
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during his last in-hospital evaluation. The only proven treatment for his condition is Riluzole that may prolong life by few months. ... Treatment, unfortunately, is for the symptom relief and supportive care only; Riluzole is appropriate and may prolong life by few ...
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome / Acute Myeloradiculoneuritis
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terminal segment of the marrow consistent with myelitis. Treatment with plasmapheresis and IV steroids was followed by improvement in ... that the only therapy is rehabilitation and the use of supportive instrumenation to the weak left leg. 3. I think that at this ...