• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening: Do We Need to Shift Toward a Targeted Strategy? 

      Spanos K., Labropoulos N., Giannoukas A. (2018)
      [No abstract available]
    • Accidental acute metabolic acidosis due to inappropriate selection of bicarbonate concentrate 

      Golphinopoulos, S.; Oustabasidou, N.; Liakopoulos, V.; Kiropoulos, T.; Stefanidis, I. (2005)
      Haemodialysis using a bicarbonate concentrate (bicarbonate dialysis) is the treatment modality of choice for correction of metabolic acidosis in chronic renal failure. However, improper ratios of acid and bicarbonate ...
    • Acute Liver Failure 

      Doulberis M., Kotronis G., Gialamprinou D., Özgüler O., Exadaktylos A.K., Oikonomou V., Katsinelos P., Romiopoulos I., Polyzos S.A., Tzivras D., Deretzi G., Dardiotis E., Kountouras J. (2019)
      Acute liver failure is a rare hepatic emergent situation that affects primarily young people and has often a catastrophic or even fatal outcome. Definition of acute liver failure has not reached a universal consensus and ...
    • APD or CAPD: one glove does not fit all 

      Roumeliotis A., Roumeliotis S., Leivaditis K., Salmas M., Eleftheriadis T., Liakopoulos V. (2021)
      The use of Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD) in its various forms has increased over the past few years mainly in developed countries. This could be attributed to improved cycler design, apparent lifestyle benefits and ...
    • The Impact of Homogeneous Versus Heterogeneous Emphysema on Dynamic Hyperinflation in Patients with Severe COPD Assessed for Lung Volume Reduction 

      Boutou A.K., Zoumot Z., Nair A., Davey C., Hansell D.M., Jamurtas A., Polkey M.I., Hopkinson N.S. (2015)
      Dynamic hyperinflation (DH) is a pathophysiologic hallmark of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of emphysema distribution on DH during a maximal cardiopulmonary ...
    • Misconceptions regarding the adequacy of best medical intervention alone for asymptomatic carotid stenosis 

      Abbott A.L., Brunser A.M., Giannoukas A., Harbaugh R.E., Kleinig T., Lattanzi S., Poppert H., Rundek T., Shahidi S., Silvestrini M., Topakian R. (2020)
      Background: Medical intervention (risk factor identification, lifestyle coaching, and medication) for stroke prevention has improved significantly. It is likely that no more than 5.5% of persons with advanced asymptomatic ...
    • Molecular determinants of radiosensitivity in normal and tumor tissue: A bioinformatic approach 

      Pavlopoulou A., Bagos P.G., Koutsandrea V., Georgakilas A.G. (2017)
      Although radiation therapy is a treatment of choice for cancer, a high percentage of patients develop adverse effects in normal tissue following radiotherapy, mainly, due to genetic factors. Notably, although it is established ...
    • Oligometastasis and local ablation in the era of systemic targeted and immunotherapy 

      Mazzola R., Jereczek-Fossa B.A., Franceschini D., Tubin S., Filippi A.R., Tolia M., Lancia A., Minniti G., Corradini S., Arcangeli S., Scorsetti M., Alongi F. (2020)
      Background: During these last years, new agents have dramatically improved the survival of the metastatic patients. Oligometastases represent a continuous field of interest in which the integration of metastases-directed ...
    • Prediction of large vessel occlusions in acute stroke: National institute of health stroke scale is hard to beat 

      Vanacker P., Heldner M.R., Amiguet M., Faouzi M., Cras P., Ntaios G., Arnold M., Mattle H.P., Gralla J., Fischer U., Michel P. (2016)
      Objectives: Endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke with a large vessel occlusion was recently shown to be effective. We aimed to develop a score capable of predicting large vessel occlusion eligible for endovascular ...
    • Resuming hip and knee arthroplasty after COVID-19: ethical implications for wellbeing, safety and the economy 

      Kort N.P., Zagra L., Barrena E.G., Tandogan R.N., Thaler M., Berstock J.R., Karachalios T. (2020)
      Reinstating elective hip and knee arthroplasty services presents significant challenges. We need to be honest about the scale of the obstacles ahead and realise that the health challenges and economic consequences of the ...
    • Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Are Not All the Same 

      Spanos K., Eckstein H.-H., Giannoukas A.D. (2020)
      [No abstract available]
    • TP53 mutations and protein immunopositivity may predict for poor outcome but also for trastuzumab benefit in patients with early breast cancer treated in the adjuvant setting 

      Fountzilas G., Giannoulatou E., Alexopoulou Z., Zagouri F., Timotheadou E., Papadopoulou K., Lakis S., Bobos M., Poulios C., Sotiropoulou M., Lyberopoulou A., Gogas H., Pentheroudakis G., Pectasides D., Koutras A., Christodoulou C., Papandreou C., Samantas E., Papakostas P., Kosmidis P., Bafaloukos D., Karanikiotis C., Dimopoulos M.-A., Kotoula V. (2016)
      Background: We investigated the impact of PIK3CA and TP53 mutations and p53 protein status on the outcome of patients who had been treated with adjuvant anthracycline-taxane chemotherapy within clinical trials in the pre- ...
    • The Tribulations of Trials: Lessons Learnt Recruiting 777 Older Adults into REtirement in ACTion (REACT), a Trial of a Community, Group-Based Active Aging Intervention Targeting Mobility Disability 

      Withall J., Greaves C.J., Thompson J.L., De Koning J.L., Bollen J.C., Moorlock S.J., Fox K.R., Western M.J., Snowsill T., Medina-Lara A., Cross R., Ladlow P., Taylor G., Zisi V., Clynes J., Gray S., Agyapong-Badu S., Guralnik J.M., Rejeski W.J., Stathi A. (2020)
      Background: Challenges of recruitment to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and successful strategies to overcome them should be clearly reported to improve recruitment into future trials. REtirement in ACTion (REACT) is ...
    • Variations in management of A3 and A4 cervical spine fractures as designated by the AO Spine Subaxial Injury Classification System 

      Kweh B.T.S., Tee J.W., Muijs S., Oner F.C., Schnake K.J., Benneker L.M., Vialle E.N., Kanziora F., Rajasekaran S., Schroeder G., Vaccaro A.R., Grin A., Abdelgawaad A.S., Zubairi A.J., Castillo A., Lezica A.V., Ramieri A., Guiroy A., Grundshtein A., Godinho A., Jr, Henine A., Pershin A.A., Athanasiou A., Zarate-Kalfopulos B., Benzarti S., Bernucci C., Rebholz B.J., Direito-Santos B., Costa B.L., Saciloto B., Majer C., Tannoury C., Cheng C., Cheung J.P.Y., Konrads C., Jetjumnong C., Chung C.K., Popescu E.C., Kilinçer C., Harrism C.B., Steiner C.D., Igualada C., Perovic D., Picazo D.R., Falcone L.D.O., Gopalakrishnan D., Ankit D., Tokala D.P., Karmacharya B., Lotan R., Shoaib M., Russo S., Viswanadha A.K., Garg B., Uribe N.D., Medina F., Subbiah J., Alsammak W., Mandizvidza V., Atan A.A., Barani R., Sámano H.V., Pemovska E.S., Hinojosa F.C.L., Fang T., Landriel F., Sartor F.D., De Oliveira Ferreira M.V., Fiorenza V., Mannara F.A., Franz S., Freedman B.A., Grozman S.A.M., Espinosa G., Ricciardi G.A., Ponnusamy G., Amadou H.A., Romero I., Rutges J., Harrop J., Sauri-Barraza J.-C., Sharma J.K., Arbatin J.J.F., Jr, Milano J.B., Francis J.J., Li Tat J.C., Vahl J., Corredor J.A., Morais J.M., Guasque J., Koerner J., Johnny D., Ron J.R.P., Delgado-Fernandez J., Montoya J.E.M., Lourido J., Kaen A., Özdener K.M., Margetis K., Paterakis K., Cari L.L., Fu L., Dawoud A., Luna L.M., Alkharsawi M., Diez-Ulloa M.-A., García-Pallero M.A., Pluderi M., Gruenberg M., Valacco M., Ganau M., Estefan M.M., Rodríguez L.M.D., Miyakoshi N., Elshamly M., Khattab M.F., Smith S.R., Abeid M., Garfinkel I., Nicassio N., Neves N., Acosta O.C.M., Bazán P.L., Pereira P., Lim P., Pritchard P.R., Bhatt P., Kundangar R., Vieira R.S., Rodrigues-Pinto R., Panchal R.R., Llombart-Blanco R., Rosas R.A.R., Manilha R., Yurac R., Diniz S., Wagner S.C., Fuego S., Ramakrishnan S., Demiröz S., Hackla S., Shariati B., El-Sharkawi M., Sorimachi Y., Corluka S., Yuh S.-J., Benzakour T., ElHewala T., Suri T., Cawley D.T., Toluse A., Valdez C., Abdul W., Hassan W., Robinson Y., Hickman Z.L., Amin M.Z.H.M., Guerra O.G., Klezl Z., the AO Spine Subaxial Injury Classification System Validation Group (2022)
      OBJECTIVE Optimal management of A3 and A4 cervical spine fractures, as defined by the AO Spine Subaxial Injury Classification System, remains controversial. The objectives of this study were to determine whether significant ...