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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound may be effective for the measurement of the free distal segment length of the internal carotid artery in carotid body tumours.
Clin Radiol
November 2024
Department of Ultrasound, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China.
Aim: This pilot study aimed to determine whether contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is effective for measuring the free distal segment length of the internal carotid artery (FDS-ICA) in carotid body tumours (CBTs).
Materials And Methods: Thirty-seven patients with 38 confirmed CBTs were enrolled. Before surgery, all patients underwent grey scale ultrasound (US), colour Doppler US (CDU), and CEUS.
Prognostic significance of surgically treated malignant struma ovarii with or without adjuvant thyroid-related therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
World J Surg
November 2024
Department of Endocrine Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to evaluate long-term survival rates and the effects of thyroid-related treatments in patients with malignant struma ovarii (MSO) after surgical treatment.
- A systematic review was conducted, analyzing 376 patients from both case reports and case series, with a primary focus on overall survival (OS) outcomes using statistical methods.
- Results indicated a high OS rate (91% at 10 years, 87% at 20 years) regardless of the type of thyroid-related therapy received, suggesting these treatments may not significantly improve survival and could be considered excessive.
Composite Iodine-gold Nanoparticles as a Contrast Agent in Computed Tomography.
J Med Phys
September 2024
Department of Applied Physics and Instrumentation, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Purpose: Solutions of iodine-based compounds, due to their high X-ray attenuation coefficient, are widely used as contrast agents in computed tomography (CT) imaging. This paper investigates the attenuation properties of iodine and gold to develop nanoparticle-based contrast agents, for example, composite nanoparticles (NPs) with layers of iodine and gold or a mixture of NPs of gold and iodine.
Materials And Methods: A theoretical formula is derived that gives the Hounsfield Unit (HU) for different weight-by-weight (w/w) concentrations of a mixture of blood + iodine + gold.
Amiodarone Therapy: Updated Practical Insights.
J Clin Med
October 2024
Faculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Article Synopsis
- Amiodarone is a highly effective antiarrhythmic drug used to treat conditions like atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias, functioning across all four classes of antiarrhythmics.
- It has a long half-life and complex pharmacokinetics, which can lead to prolonged effects even after stopping the medication, making regular monitoring for side effects like thyroid issues and lung damage essential.
- This paper aims to offer a detailed review of amiodarone's uses, dosing guidelines, interactions with other medications, and necessary monitoring practices.
Diet in Thyroid Disorders: A Survey among Clinicians and a Review of the Current Perspective.
Indian J Endocrinol Metab
May 2024
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical College and Hospital, Kalyani, West Bengal, India.
Physicians and endocrinologists commonly face various questions related to dietary interventions during clinical encounters with their patients with thyroid disorders. Indeed, both patients and treating physicians have various misconceptions regarding thyroid-specific diets, possibly because of misinformation circulated in lay media or grey literature and the misinterpretation of contradictory scientific data, respectively. In this review, we attempted to answer some frequently asked questions by the patients in the backdrop of contraindicatory perceptions of physicians observed in our survey.
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