Filtering the blood to make thyroid surgery safe in amiodarone thyrotoxicosis When drugs failed to control amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis and arrhythmias persisted, clinicians used plasma exchange to prepare a patient for thyroid removal. BMJ case reports, 2026 Bone cement syndrome, usually an elderly hip problem, struck a 16-year-old Bone cement implantation syndrome is exceptionally uncommon in children, yet a 16-year-old developed it within moments of cement application during a limb reconstruction. Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960), 2026 Very fast ventricular tachycardia can sometimes be stopped without a shock In five patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathies, ventricular tachycardia faster than 250 beats/min was terminated by painless pacing instead of a shock. International medical case reports journal, 2026