• Biologics in SAPHO syndrome: A systematic review 

      Daoussis D., Konstantopoulou G., Kraniotis P., Sakkas L., Liossis S.-N. (2019)
      Background: The SAPHO syndrome is a relatively rare clinical entity characterized by a wide range of dermatological and musculoskeletal manifestations. Biologics have been used in cases refractory to conventional treatment. ...
    • 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 ...
    • The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS)-1: A Multinational Review of 165 Patients with Tubercular Anterior Uveitis 

      Agrawal R., MD FCRS, Betzler B., MBBS, Testi I., MD, Mahajan S., MBBS, Agarwal A., MS, Gunasekeran D.V., MD, Raje D., PhD, Aggarwal K., MS, Murthy S.I., DNB, Westcott M., FRCSOphth, Chee S.-P., FRCSEd, Mccluskey P., MD, Ho S.L., FRCSGlasg, Teoh S., FRCSEd, Cimino L., MD, Biswas J., MS, Narain S., MD, Agarwal M., MS, Mahendradas P., DNB, Khairallah M., MD, Jones N., FRCSOphth, Tugal-Tutkun I., MD, Babu K., DNB, Basu S., MS, Carreño E., MD, Lee R., PhD, Al-Dhibi H., MD, Bodaghi B., MD, Invernizzi A., MD, Goldstein D.A., MD, Herbort C.P., MD, Barisani-Asenbauer T., PhD, González-López J.J., PhD, Androudi S., MD, Bansal R., MS, Moharana B., MS, Esposti S., MD, Tasiopoulou A., MD, Nadarajah S., MD, Agarwal M., DNB, Abraham S., MD, Vala R., MD, Singh R., MS, Sharma A., MD, Sharma K., PhD, Zierhut M., PhD, Kon O.M., MRCP, Cunningham E.T., PhD, Kempen J.H., PhD, Nguyen Q.D., PhD, Pavesio C., FRCSOphth, Gupta V., MS (2020)
      Purpose: The Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS) Group sought to address the diagnostic uncertainty through retrospective cohort analysis of treatment regimens and therapeutic outcomes for patients with tubercular ...
    • A comprehensive analysis of antigen-specific antibody responses against human cytomegalovirus in patients with systemic sclerosis 

      Efthymiou G., Dardiotis E., Liaskos C., Marou E., Scheper T., Meyer W., Daponte A., Daoussis D., Hadjigeorgiou G., Bogdanos D.P., Sakkas L.I. (2019)
      Anti-human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) antibodies are considered triggers of systemic sclerosis (SSc), but such a hypothesis has been assessed in limited sub-dominant epitopes. Our aim was to systematically assess the potential ...
    • Exposure to Stress-Dose Steroids and Lethal Septic Shock After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Individual Patient Data Reanalysis of Two Prior Randomized Clinical Trials that Evaluated the Vasopressin–Steroids–Epinephrine Combination Versus Epinephrine Alone 

      Mentzelopoulos S.D., Koliantzaki I., Karvouniaris M., Vrettou C., Mongardon N., Karlis G., Makris D., Zakynthinos E., Sourlas S., Aloizos S., Xanthos T., Zakynthinos S.G. (2018)
      Purpose: Low-dose steroids may reduce the mortality of severely ill patients with septic shock. We sought to determine whether exposure to stress-dose steroids during and/or after cardiopulmonary resuscitation is associated ...
    • Methylprednisolone in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (SIRS): A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial 

      Whitlock R.P., Devereaux P.J., Teoh K.H., Lamy A., Vincent J., Pogue J., Paparella D., Sessler D.I., Karthikeyan G., Villar J.C., Zuo Y., Avezum Á., Quantz M., Tagarakis G.I., Shah P.J., Abbasi S.H., Zheng H., Pettit S., Chrolavicius S., Yusuf S., SIRS Investigators (2015)
      Background Cardiopulmonary bypass initiates a systemic inflammatory response syndrome that is associated with postoperative morbidity and mortality. Steroids suppress inflammatory responses and might improve outcomes in ...
    • Steroids in caRdiac Surgery (SIRS) trial: Acute kidney injury substudy protocol of an international randomised controlled trial 

      Garg, A. X.; Vincent, J.; Cuerden, M.; Parikh, C.; Devereaux, P. J.; Teoh, K.; Yusuf, S.; Hildebrand, A.; Lamy, A.; Zuo, Y.; Sessler, D. I.; Shah, P.; Abbasi, S. H.; Quantz, M.; Yared, J. P.; Noiseux, N.; Tagarakis, G.; Rochon, A.; Pogue, J.; Walsh, M.; Chan, M. T. V.; Lamontagne, F.; Salehiomran, A.; Whitlock, R. (2014)
      Introduction: Steroids In caRdiac Surgery trial (SIRS) is a large international randomised controlled trial of methylprednisolone or placebo in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with the use of a cardiopulmonary bypass ...