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A Case Of Monocular Diplopia In The Setting Of High-Grade Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma Treated With Pembrolizumab, Leanne Dumeny, Joana Nuraj, Roshni Bisoondial, Nicole Moscoso, Arvinder Singh, Lorena Bonilla Md

Nursing & Health Sciences Research Journal

Case Presentation: We present the case of a 70-year-old male with a history of highgrade urothelial carcinoma who had been treated with multiple cycles of immune checkpoint treatment, pembrolizumab, presenting to the emergency department with worsening bone pain, abdominal discomfort, and hematuria.

Clinical Course: He reported blurry vision and monocular diplopia in the right eye for the past month. Physical examination revealed an inability to fully track with the right eye along with fatigue-induced diplopia, raising concerns for metastatic or immunotherapy-related ocular involvement. Imaging primarily revealed metastatic disease in the right orbital apex involving the rectus muscles, intraconal fat, and …

Optimizing Empiric Vancomycin Use In Febrile Neutropenia Patients, Nicole Tadros, Erika Dittmar, Radhan B. Gopalani

Nursing & Health Sciences Research Journal

Introduction: National guidelines do not support routine empiric vancomycin use in the initial management of febrile neutropenia (FN) and only recommend it in patients with specific clinical indications. This bi-phasic quality improvement project aimed to evaluate current vancomycin use in FN and improve compliance with a guideline-driven algorithm (GDA) to ensure appropriate prescribing and therapy duration in a community hospital.

Methods: Phase I was a retrospective review of charts of adults receiving empiric vancomycin therapy for FN at a community hospital. Phase II was a prospective review of charts of patients with FN, who received pharmacist-led interventions, to improve de-escalation …

Prediction Of Anal Cancer Recurrence After Chemoradiotherapy Using Quantitative Image Features Extracted From Serial (18)F-Fdg Pet/Ct, Michael Chuong

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Management Of Patients With Brain Metastases From Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer And Adverse Prognostic Features: Multi-National Radiation Treatment Recommendations Are Heterogeneous, Minesh Mehta

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Retrospective Review Of Oral Oncolytic Agent Use Within A Community Hospital, Alyssa Donadio, Moe Shwin, Maria Figueroa, Michelle Lamarque

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Natural History Of Untreated Prostate Specific Antigen Radiorecurrent Prostate Cancer In Men With Favorable Prognostic Indicators, Andrew Renshaw

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