Advanced emergency nursing journal
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Case Reports
A Case of Drug-Induced Severe Endocrinopathies: What Providers in the Emergency Department Need to Know.
The purpose of this article is to present a discussion of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) that are relatively new, yet growing, form of cancer therapy. Immune checkpoint inhibitors increase host immune response against neoplastic cells. ⋯ The patient received a diagnosis of immune-mediated diabetes requiring ongoing insulin even after discontinuation of ICIs. As treatment with this class of agents expands, emergency department providers will need to become familiar with the identification of their adverse reactions to provide the proper management of care.