Sentinel node biopsy in papillary thyroid cancer--what is the potential?

Purpose: Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) may identify lymph node metastases in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), enabling selective application of central node dissection (CND). The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of implementing SNB in patients undergoing thyroidectomy for a cytologically indeterminate/suspicious/malignant thyroid nodule and to determine the potential improvement in clinical outcomes and the costs associated with the SNB technique.

Methods: The treatment strategies and clinical and pathological outcomes of two retrospective cohorts of patients who underwent preoperative thyroid FNA over a 5-year period in two different centres were studied.

Adverse drug events associated with the antidotes for methanol and ethylene glycol poisoning: a comparison of ethanol and fomepizole.

Study Objective: We investigate adverse drug events associated with antidotes ethanol and fomepizole in methanol or ethylene glycol poisonings. An "adverse drug event" is harm associated with normal or incorrect drug use. We describe type, frequency, severity, seriousness, and onset time of adverse drug events and test the hypothesis that fomepizole results in fewer adverse drug events than ethanol.

Bradycardia and hypotension associated with fomepizole infusion during hemodialysis.

Unlabelled: We report a case of hypotension and bradycardia associated with intravenous fomepizole infusion.

Case Report: A 59-year-old man presented to hospital 10 hours after ethylene glycol ingestion with ataxia, slurred speech, metabolic acidosis, heart rate 70/min, blood pressure 160/100 mmHg. Treatment with hemodialysis and fomepizole began 7.