Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "COPD"

Acute and Short-term Effects of Secondhand Smoke on Lung Function and Cytokine Production

Flouris, A. D.; Metsios, G. S.; Carrillo, A. E.; Jamurtas, A. Z.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Kiropoulos, T.; Tzatzarakis, M. N.; Tsatsakis, A. M.; Koutedakis, Y. (2009)

Rationale: The acute effect of secondhand smoke (SHS) on lung function and the duration of system disruption remain unknown. Objectives: To assess the SHS effects and their duration on lung function and inflammatory markers. ...

The acute effect of smoking in healthy and asthmatic smokers

Papaioannou, A. I.; Koutsokera, A.; Tanou, K.; Kiropoulos, T. S.; Tsilioni, I.; Oikonomidi, S.; Liadaki, K.; Pournaras, S.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Kostikas, K. (2010)

Background Acute exposure to cigarette smoke is related to airway and systemic inflammation and oxidative stress. Little is known about the acute effect of cigarette smoking in smoking asthmatics. The aim of this study was ...

Association of Bone Mineral Density, Parameters of Bone Turnover, and Body Composition in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Fountoulis, G. A.; Minas, M.; Georgoulias, P.; Fezoulidis, I. V.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Vlychou, M. (2012)

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often develop osteoporosis. Many hormones regulate bone metabolism and body composition, and some of them are affected in COPD patients vs controls. In 46 COPD ...

The Association of Metabolic Syndrome with Adipose Tissue Hormones and Insulin Resistance in Patients with COPD without Co-morbidities

Minas, M.; Kostikas, K.; Papaioannou, A. I.; Mystridou, P.; Karetsi, E.; Georgoulias, P.; Liakos, N.; Pournaras, S.; Gourgoulianis, K. I. (2011)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and metabolic syndrome represent common causes of morbidity and mortality in ageing populations. The effect of the co-existence of COPD and metabolic syndrome on adipose tissue ...

Association of TLR4-T399I Polymorphism with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Smokers

Speletas, M.; Merentiti, V.; Kostikas, K.; Liadaki, K.; Minas, M.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Germenis, A. E. (2009)

Tobacco smoking has been considered the most important risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) development. However, not all smokers develop COPD and other environmental and genetic susceptibility ...

Associations between BODE Index and Systemic Inflammatory Biomarkers in COPD

Gaki, E.; Kontogianni, K.; Papaioannou, A. I.; Bakakos, P.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Kostikas, K.; Alchanatis, M.; Papiris, S.; Loukides, S. (2011)

Background: COPD is a multicomponent disease and systemic inflammation represents one of the possible mechanisms responsible for its systemic manifestations, including skeletal muscle weakness and cachexia. Fat-free mass ...

Biomarkers Obtained by Non-Invasive Methods in Patients with COPD: Where do we Stand, what do we Expect?

Hillas, G.; Loukides, S.; Kostikas, K.; Bakakos, P. (2009)

Recently, there has been widespread interest in the use of non-invasive methods for the assessment of airway inflammation in a variety of lung diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD). Sputum induction ...

Characteristics of prevalent and new COPD cases in Greece: the GOLDEN study

Mitsiki, E.; Bania, E.; Varounis, C.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Alexopoulos, E. C. (2015)

Background: Greece has one of the highest rates of smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Europe. Aim: The study aimed to record both the disease characteristics among a sample of Greek COPD patients ...

Chronic bronchitis in rural and industrial areas

Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Katikos, P.; Moraitis, M.; Argiriou, N.; Molyvdas, P. A. (2000)

The purpose of the study was the determination of prevalence of chronic bronchitis in people older than 55 years in rural and industrial areas. 569 people over 55 years old living in central Greece were studied. A protocol ...

Comparison of a network of primary care physicians and an open spirometry programme for COPD diagnosis

Konstantikaki, V.; Kostikas, K.; Minas, M.; Batavanis, G.; Daniil, Z.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Hatzoglou, C. (2011)

Background: Early diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) remains the cornerstone for effective management. In this study we compared an open spirometry programme and a case-finding programme providing ...

Epidemiology and clinical significance of mycobacterial respiratory infections in Central Greece

Gerogianni, I.; Papala, M.; Kostikas, K.; Petinaki, E.; Gourgoulianis, K. I. (2008)

SETTING: A 750-bed tertiary referral hospital in Central Greece. OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) respiratory infection based on the isolation of NTM in respiratory specimens, to ...

Fetuin-A is Associated with Disease Severity and Exacerbation Frequency in Patients with COPD

Minas, M.; Mystridou, P.; Georgoulias, P.; Pournaras, S.; Kostikas, K.; Gourgoulianis, K. I. (2013)

Fetuin-A is a liver protein that may serve as an inhibitor of systemic inflammation in humans. In the present study we assessed the levels of fetuin-A in COPD patients in stable condition and on exacerbation in an attempt ...

Global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD opportunity for lung disorders

Minas, M.; Dimitropoulos, K.; Pastaka, C.; Papadopoulos, D.; Markoulis, N.; Gourgoulianis, K. I. (2005)

Background. The purpose of this study was to assess the agreement of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment prescribed by physicians and pulmonologists in comparison to asthma and COPD guidelines ...

Hemoglobin, erythropoietin and systemic inflammation in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Markoulaki, D.; Kostikas, K.; Papatheodorou, G.; Koutsokera, A.; Alchanatis, M.; Bakakos, P.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Roussos, C.; Koulouris, N. G.; Loukides, S. (2011)

Background: Systemic inflammation may represent a possible cause of anemia. Previous data support that anemic patients with COPD present high erythropoietin (EPO) levels, suggestive of EPO resistance, possibly mediated ...

Increased oxidative stress in exudative pleural effusions - A new marker for the differentiation between exudates and transudates?

Papageorgiou, E.; Kostikas, K.; Kiropoulos, T.; Karetsi, E.; Mpatavanis, G.; Gourgoulianis, K. I. (2005)

Study objectives: Oxidative stress has been associated with various respiratory disorders. We tested the hypothesis that exudates would present higher levels of oxidative stress compared to transudates, expressing the ...