Iodine

Patients with primary thyroid cancer who received radioactive iodine exhibited increased risk for melanoma and other nonkeratinocyte skin cancers, according to study results.

Iodine supplementation may have some benefits for expectant mothers and their children, but evidence is limited, according to experts.

In this video, Gerard P. Slobogean, MD, MPH, discussed the use of iodine povacrylex in alcohol as a preoperative skin antisepsis to prevent surgical site infection for patients undergoing closed fracture surgery.

SEATTLE — Data presented here showed patients with open fractures treated with iodine povacrylex in had similar risks for surgical site infection and unplanned reoperation as those who had a chlorhexidine gluconate solution.

SEATTLE — Compared with a chlorhexidine gluconate solution, data showed iodine povacrylex may reduce the risk of surgical site infection in patients with closed fractures of the lower extremity or pelvis treated with surgical fixation.

SAN ANTONIO — Patients with a history of delayed hypersensitivity to iodinated contrast media exhibited a broad cross-reactivity pattern, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Radiocontrast media allergies may impede care, but they are not well-characterized, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Despite no use of iodinated contrast agents, acute kidney injury happened in more than 15% of patients who underwent transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for tricuspid regurgitation, according to a retrospective analysis.

The overall standardized incidence rate of overt thyrotoxicosis in Denmark decreased by 50% after more than a decade of mandatory iodine fortification in the country without an increase in the overall incidence of sustained, overt hypothyroidism, according to findings published in Clinical Endocrinology.