Sfoglia per Soggetto "Practice Guidelines as Topic"

AGREEing on Guidelines for Nutrition Management of Adult Severe Burn Patients

Grammatikopoulou M.G., Theodoridis X., Gkiouras K., Stamouli E.-M., Mavrantoni M.-E., Dardavessis T., Bogdanos D.P. (2019)

Background: Severe burns are associated with a plethora of profound metabolic, immunologic, and physiologic responses, demanding prompt and adequate management. The objective of the present study was to review, compare, ...

Behind the numbers and the panic of a viral pandemic: Fixed restrictive oncology guidance may jeopardize patients’ survival

Mauri D., Tzachanis D., Valachis A., Kamposioras K., Tolia M., Dambrosio M., Zarkavelis G., Gkoura S., Gazouli I., de Lorenzo F., Apostolidis K. (2020)

To protect cancer patients from COVID-19exposure, prioritization strategies are being implemented at global level. Measures include use of tele-health services, deferring elective surgeries, delaying non life-saving ...

Challenges and priorities in skeletal, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, genitourinary and lung scintigraphy during the COVID-19 pandemic

Koutsikos J., Angelidis G. (2020)

[No abstract available]

Childhood chronic cough made easy: a simplified approach for the primary care setting

Chatziparasidis G., Fouzas S., Kantar A. (2021)

Cough is a defense mechanism, but when it becomes persistent and troublesome, it must be carefully assessed. Chronic cough, that is, cough persisting for more than 4 weeks, has a proven negative impact on a child's quality ...

Classification of COPD patients and compliance to recommended treatment in Greece according to GOLD 2017 report: the RELICO study

Tzanakis N., Koulouris N., Dimakou K., Gourgoulianis K., Kosmas E., Chasapidou G., Konstantinidis A., Kyriakopoulos C., Kontakiotis T., Rapti A., Gaga M., Kalafatakis K., Kostikas K. (2021)

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a multifactorial clinical condition, characterized by chronic progressive (or worsening) respiratory symptoms, structural pulmonary abnormalities, and impaired ...

Dietary management of celiac disease: Revisiting the guidelines

Theodoridis X., Grammatikopoulou M.G., Petalidou A., Patelida M., Gkiouras K., Klonizakis M., Pittas S., Bogdanos D.P. (2019)

Objective: Medical nutrition therapy (MNT), by lifelong compliance with a gluten-free diet, is likely the only treatment for celiac disease (CD). Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) regarding the management of CD emphasize ...

Driving pressure in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome is associated with respiratory distress duration before intubation

Tsolaki V.S., Zakynthinos G.E., Mantzarlis K.D., Deskata K.V., Papadonta M.-E.E., Gerovasileiou E.S., Manoulakas E.E., Zakynthinos E., Pantazopoulos I.N., Makris D.A. (2021)

[No abstract available]

Endovascular treatment of traumatic internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm

Spanos K., Karathanos C., Stamoulis K., Giannoukas A.D. (2016)

Introduction Traumatic internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm (TICAP) is the most common cause of stroke in young adults. The treatment of TICAP with open surgery poses excess risk, thus during last decade endovascular ...

ERS statement on obstructive sleep disordered breathing in 1- to 23-month-old children

Kaditis A.G., Alvarez M.L.A., Boudewyns A., Abel F., Alexopoulos E.I., Ersu R., Joosten K., Larramona H., Miano S., Narang I., Tan H.-L., Trang H., Tsaoussoglou M., Vandenbussche N., Villa M.P., Waardenburg D.V., Weber S., Verhulst S. (2017)

The present statement was produced by a European Respiratory Society Task Force to summarise the evidence and current practice on the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children ...

Guidelines for the first-line treatment of restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease, prevention and treatment of dopaminergic augmentation: A combined task force of the IRLSSG, EURLSSG, and the RLS-foundation

Garcia-Borreguero D., Silber M.H., Winkelman J.W., Högl B., Bainbridge J., Buchfuhrer M., Hadjigeorgiou G., Inoue Y., Manconi M., Oertel W., Ondo W., Winkelmann J., Allen R.P. (2016)

A Task Force was established by the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) in conjunction with the European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (EURLSSG) and the RLS Foundation (RLS-F) to develop ...

Guidelines for the Management of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Recommendations from a Panel of Greek Experts

Androudi S., Dastiridou A., Pharmakakis N., Stefaniotou M., Kalogeropoulos C., Symeonidis C., Charonis A., Tsilimbaris M. (2016)

Purpose: To propose guidelines for the management of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD), taking into account the results of large multicenter studies and clinical experience of retina experts. Method: ...

Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Disease: Similarities and Differences Among Cardiovascular Guidelines and NICE Guidance

Spanos K., Nana P., Behrendt C.-A., Kouvelos G., Panuccio G., Heidemann F., Matsagkas M., Debus S., Giannoukas A., Kölbel T. (2020)

The development of endovascular techniques has improved abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) management over the past 2 decades. Different cardiovascular societies worldwide have recommended the endovascular approach as the ...

Management of iron deficiency in chronic heart failure: Practical considerations for clinical use and future directions

Nikolaou M., Chrysohoou C., Georgilas T.A., Giamouzis G., Giannakoulas G., Karavidas A., Papadopoulos C., Patsilinakos S., Tziakas D., Parissis J., for the Hellenic Iron Consensus Group (2019)

Heart Failure (HF) is a global pandemic with rapidly increasing prevalence. In an attempt to maintain patients well being, the therapeutic interest has expanded to the vicious cycles that confer to HF mortality and morbidity ...

Methodological quality of clinical practice guidelines for nutrition and weight gain during pregnancy: A systematic review

Grammatikopoulou M.G., Theodoridis X., Gkiouras K., Lampropoulou M., Petalidou A., Patelida M., Tsirou E., Papoutsakis C., Goulis D.G. (2020)

Context: Ensuring a healthy pregnancy and achieving optimal gestational weight gain (GWG) are important for maternal and child health. Nevertheless, the nutritional advice provided during pregnancy is often conflicting, ...

Missed diagnosis and overtreatment of COPD among smoking primary care population in central Greece: old problems persist

Stafyla E., Kotsiou O.S., Deskata K., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2018)

Background: The diagnosis of COPD is not always consistent with the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) strategy in daily clinical practice, especially in primary care. This study aimed to estimate ...

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Investigating care practices pointed out to disparities in diagnosis and treatment across European Union

Strand E.B., Nacul L., Mengshoel A.M., Helland I.B., Grabowski P., Krumina A., Alegre-Martin J., Efrim-Budisteanu M., Sekulic S., Pheby D., Sakkas G.K., Sirbu C.A., Authier F.J., Murovska M., Lacerda E., Estevez Lopez F., Scheibenbogen C., Shi-Kova-Lekova E., Lorusso L., Berkis U., Westermeier F., Riederer M., Tobback E., Meeus M., Shikova-Lekova E., Nielsen H., Brandslund I., Polo O., De Korwin J.-D., Scheibenbogen C., Harrer T., Prusty B., Freitag H., Trepel D., Cullinan J., Capelli E., Nora-Krukle Z., Rasa S., Vermeulen R., Menhshoel A.M., Helland I.B., Zalewski P., Sepulveda N., Sirbu C.A., Sekulic S., Vukadinovic M., Marusic U., Pisot R., Castro-Marrero J., Blanco J., Oltra E., Miro J., Berquist J., Blomberg J., Pheby D., Edwards J., Wang X., European Network on ME/CFS (EUROMENE) (2019)

ME/CFS is a chronic, complex, multisystem disease that often limits the health and functioning of the affected patients. Diagnosing patients with ME/CFS is a challenge, and many different case definitions exist and are ...

Nutrition Interventions in Pediatric Pancreatitis: Guidelines We Can Trust

Theodoridis X., Grammatikopoulou M.G., Petalidou A., Stamouli E.-M., Fotiadou I., Gkiouras K., Bogdanos D.P., Dardavessis T. (2019)

Objective: Despite the fact that pediatric pancreatitis is an uncommon disease, its prevalence has increased in recent years. Nevertheless, until 4 years ago, the lack of nutritional guidelines for pediatric pancreatitis ...

Patterns in the management of superficial vein thrombosis

Karathanos C., Spanos K., Lachanas V., Athanasoulas A., Giannoukas A.D. (2017)

Objective: To highlight current practice patterns in management of superficial vein thrombosis. Methods: An electronic survey was conducted using the mailing lists of the Mediterranean League of Angiology and Vascular ...

Peritoneal dialysis-related infections recommendations: 2016 update. What is new?

Liakopoulos V., Nikitidou O., Kalathas T., Roumeliotis S., Salmas M., Eleftheriadis T. (2017)

In 2016, the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) published guidelines that focus on the importance of both prevention and treatment of peritonitis. For once more, the need for annual reporting of peritonitis ...

Policy guidelines for effective inclusion and reintegration of people with chronic diseases in the workplace: national and european perspectives

Vlachou A., Stavroussi P., Roka O., Vasilou E., Papadimitriou D., Scaratti C., Kadyrbaeva A., Fheodoroff K., Brecelj V., Svestkova O., Tobiasz-Adamczyk B., Finnvold J.E., Gruber S., Leonardi M. (2018)

The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases among the European working age population, as well as the implications for the individual and societal level, underline the need for policy guidelines targeting the effective ...