Emergency ambulatory outpatient management of immune-mediated hypophysitis
Cooksley, Timothy J Knight, Thomas Gupta, Avinash Higham, Claire E Lorigan, Paul C Adam, Safwaan
Cooksley, Timothy J
Knight, Thomas
Gupta, Avinash
Higham, Claire E
Lorigan, Paul C
Adam, Safwaan
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Abstract
Purpose: Immune-mediated hypophysitis is an important toxicity related to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). Optimal management is associated with improved outcomes. It represents a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, and a proportion may be suitable for emergency ambulatory management.
Methods: Emergency ambulatory management of patients presenting with clinical features and findings consistent with ICI-induced hypophysitis was considered at a tertiary cancer/endocrinology hospital. Suitable patients were initially investigated and treated in accordance with the UK emergency management guidelines for ICI induced hypophysitis. After an initial observation period of 4 h, patients were discharged with oral hydrocortisone (20, 10, 10 mg).
Results: An initial cohort of 4 patients with emergency presentations of ICI-induced hypophysitis has been managed in an ambulatory fashion in the first 3 months. There were no 30-day readmissions.
Conclusion: Carefully selected emergency presentations with immune-mediated hypophysitis may be suitable for ambulatory management.
Keywords: Ambulatory; Emergency oncology; Hypophysitis; Immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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2020
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Cooksley T, Knight T, Gupta A, Higham C, Lorigan P, Adam S. Emergency ambulatory outpatient management of immune-mediated hypophysitis. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer. 2020;28(9):3995-9.