TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 74. Toxicities of Chemotherapy A1 - Desai Gini Fleming, Apurva A. A2 - Hall, Jesse B. A2 - Schmidt, Gregory A. A2 - Wood, Lawrence D.H. Y1 - 2005 N1 - T2 - Principles of Critical Care, 3e AB - Drug toxicity is most often a diagnosis of exclusion.Dose, schedule, and drug combinations are key parameters used to determine the likelihood of drug toxicity.Not all toxicities are known, and drug regimens are modified constantly.Therapy is supportive for most chemotherapy-related toxicities.Pelvic and spinal irradiation potentiates the myelosuppressive effects of chemotherapeutic agents.Bleomycin and gemcitabine are among the causes of drug-related interstitial lung disease.Most cardiac events in cancer patients are related to pre-existing heart disease or direct invasion of the heart by cancer; nonetheless, drug toxicity must be considered, particularly when high-dose cyclophosphamide and anthracyclines have been administered.In high-dose regimens, cytosine arabinoside, ifosfamide, and methotrexate may produce dramatic central nervous system syndromes.Renal injury is often dose limiting for cisplatin.Cytokines such as interleukin-2 have a wide range of toxicities involving virtually all organ systems.Many commonly used chemotherapeutic agents and several recently introduced targeted anticancer agents are associated with hypersensitivity reactions.Thrombotic microangiopathy is associated with various chemotherapeutic agents, particularly gemcitabine and mitomycin-C. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2023/09/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2294312 ER -