Browsing by Subject "syndrome"

ACOS syndrome: Single disease entity or not? Could exhaled nitric oxide be a useful biomarker for the differentiation of ACOS, asthma and COPD?

Karampitsakos T., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2016)

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represent two major public health problems. However, there is a significant proportion of patients with a mixed asthma-COPD phenotype. This condition is defined as ...

Arterial stiffness predicts risk for long-term recurrence in patients with type 2 diabetes admitted for acute coronary event

Levisianou, D.; Foussas, S.; Skopelitis, E.; Adamopoulou, E.; Xenopoulou, T.; Destounis, A.; Koukoulis, G.; Skoularigis, I.; Melidonis, A.; Triposkiadis, F. (2013)

Objectives: to investigate the predictive value of arterial stiffness (AS) estimation for long-term recurrences in patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2) following acute coronary event. Patients and methods: prospective ...

A chronic alcoholic man with high fever, neck rigidity and loss of consciousness: Remember the Austrian syndrome a commonly unrecognised invasive pneumococcus triad

Georgiadou S.P., Manoulakas E., Makaritsis K.P., Dalekos G.N. (2018)

Austrian syndrome is a rare medical condition characterised by the triad of pneumonia, meningitis and endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. Native aortic valve insufficiency is the most common cause of cardiac ...

Clinical and pathological responses of pigs from two genetically diverse commercial lines to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection

Doeschl-Wilson, A. B.; Kyriazakis, I.; Vincent, A.; Rothschild, M. F.; Thacker, E.; Galina-Pantoja, L. (2009)

The response to infection from porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) for 2 genetically diverse commercial pig lines was investigated. Seventy-two pigs from each line, aged 6 wk, were challenged with ...

Imposter syndrome threatens diversity

Chrousos G.P., Mentis A.-F. (2020)

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Intermittent recruitment with high-frequency oscillation/tracheal gas insufflation in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Mentzelopoulos, S. D.; Malachias, S.; Zintzaras, E.; Kokkoris, S.; Zakynthinos, E.; Makris, D.; Magira, E.; Markaki, V.; Roussos, C.; Zakynthinos, S. G. (2012)

In acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), recruitment sessions of high-frequency oscillation (HFO) and tracheal gas insufflation (TGI) with short-lasting recruitment manoeuvres (RMs) may improve oxygenation and enable ...