• Adrenal, thyroid and gonadal axes are affected at high altitude 

      Wolff M.V., Nakas C.T., Tobler M., Merz T.M., Hilty M.P., Veldhuis J.D., Huber A.R., Hefti J.P. (2018)
      Humans cannot live at very high altitude for reasons, which are not completely understood. Since these reasons are not restricted to cardiorespiratory changes alone, changes in the endocrine system might also be involved. ...
    • Circulating suPAR associates with severity and in-hospital progression of COVID-19 

      Chalkias A., Skoulakis A., Papagiannakis N., Laou E., Tourlakopoulos K., Pagonis A., Michou A., Ntalarizou N., Mermiri M., Ragias D., Bernal-Morell E., Cebreiros López I., García de Guadiana-Romualdo L., Eugen-Olsen J., Gourgoulianis K., Pantazopoulos I., Chalkias A., Skoulakis A., Laou E., Michou A., Ntalarizou N., Mermiri M., Ragias D., Tourlakopoulos K., Pagonis A., Gourgoulianis K., Pantazopoulos I., Papagiannakis N., Kampolis C., García de Guadiana-Romualdo L., Albaladejo-Otón M.D., Rodríguez Mulero M.D., Galindo Martínez M., Hernández Olivo M., Campos Rodríguez V., Cebreiros López I., Arnaldos Carrillo M., Noguera Velasco J.A., Pascual Figal D.A., Bernal-Morell E., Alcaraz García A., Alcaraz García M.J., Martínez Martínez M., Esteban-Torrella P., Sancho-Rodríguez N., Eugen-Olsen J., for the SPARCOL Investigators (2022)
      Background: COVID-19 disease progression is characterized by hyperinflammation and risk stratification may aid in early aggressive treatment and advanced planning. The aim of this study was to assess whether suPAR and other ...
    • The effect of sleep quality in Sherpani Col High Camp Everest 

      Voutselas S., Stavrou V., Zouridis S., Vavougios G., Gourgroulianis K.I., Voutselas V. (2019)
      Recently, an increasingly higher volume of travelers deciding to get the experience of hiking to the highest summit worldwide has been noted. However, high altitude environments have adverse effects on the normal bodily ...
    • The laboratory diagnostic approach to thoracic and abdominal effusions in the dog, cat, and horse 

      Athanasiou L.V., Spyropoulou M., Meichner K. (2019)
      Cases involving pleural and peritoneal effusions occur relatively frequently in clinical practice. Determining the underlying etiology in these cases relies mainly on fluid analysis. The technique used for obtaining the ...
    • Pneumomediastinum in MDA5-associated clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis 

      Kotsiou O.S., Daniil Z., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2017)
      [No abstract available]
    • Prevalence of Hemorrhagic Complications in Hospitalized Patients with Pulmonary Embolism 

      Pagkratis N., Matsagas M., Malli F., Gourgoulianis K.I., Kotsiou O.S. (2022)
      Background: The prevalence of anticoagulant therapy-associated hemorrhagic complications in hospitalized patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) has been scarcely investigated. Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of hemorrhages ...
    • Rapidly improving acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19: a multi-centre observational study 

      Gavrielatou E., Vaporidi K., Tsolaki V., Tserlikakis N., Zakynthinos G.E., Papoutsi E., Maragkuti A., Mantelou A.G., Karayiannis D., Mastora Z., Georgopoulos D., Zakynthinos E., Routsi C., Zakynthinos S.G., Schenck E.J., Kotanidou A., Siempos I.I. (2022)
      Background: Before the pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), rapidly improving acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), mostly defined by early extubation, had been recognized as an increasingly prevalent subphenotype ...