Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Accuracy of FNA Diagnosis and Implications for Patient Management
Ustun B, Chhieng D, Prasad ML, Holt E, Hammers L, Carling T, Udelsman R, Adeniran AJ. Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Accuracy of FNA Diagnosis and Implications for Patient Management. Endocrine Pathology 2014, 25: 257-264. PMID: 24696132, DOI: 10.1007/s12022-014-9301-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFinal diagnosisPapillary thyroid carcinomaCytologic diagnosisDiagnostic accuracySurgical interventionFollicular variantPatient managementThyroid carcinomaFollicular lesionsFine needle aspiration cytologyDiagnostic studiesFollicular neoplasm casesSubsequent surgical interventionBethesda classification systemDiagnosis of FVPTCFinal histologic diagnosisAccuracy of cytologyNeedle aspiration cytologyThyroid fine needle aspiration cytologyPercentage of casesBRAF mutation analysisCompletion thyroidectomyTotal thyroidectomyHistologic confirmationRetrospective reviewContinuous glucose monitoring in the surgical intensive care unit
Schuster KM, Barre K, Inzucchi SE, Udelsman R, Davis KA. Continuous glucose monitoring in the surgical intensive care unit. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2014, 76: 798-803. PMID: 24553551, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical intensive care unitIntensive glycemic controlContinuous glucose monitoring systemIntensive care unitCare unitInsulin infusionCapillary blood glucose readingsDoses of vasopressorsLarge volume resuscitationBlood glucose readingsContinuous glucose monitoringCBG readingsGlycemic controlBland-Altman plotsClinical outcomesGlucose monitoring systemFluid balanceSubcutaneous tissueLevel IIIGlucose readingsDiagnostic studiesGlucose monitoringAbsolute differenceError grid analysisMedian absolute difference