• Automated oxygen delivery in hospitalized patients with acute respiratory failure: A pilot study 

      Malli F., Boutlas S., Lioufas N., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2019)
      Background and Objectives. Despite its' proven benefits, oxygen therapy may be complicated with potential adverse events such as hypoxemia or hyperoxia-driven hypercapnia. Automated oxygen delivery systems may aid in ...
    • CD8+T lymphocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 

      Papiris, S. A.; Kollintza, A.; Karatza, M.; Manali, E. D.; Sotiropoulou, C.; Milic-Emili, J.; Roussos, C.; Daniil, Z. (2007)
      Background. Recently it was shown that in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) tissue infiltrating CD8+ T lymphocytes (TLs) are associated with breathlessness and physiological indices of disease severity, as well as that ...
    • Continuous air tonometry of the sigmoid colon during abdominal aortic surgery 

      Koutsias S., Papadimitriou D.K., Spanos K., Giannoukas A.G. (2017)
      BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to record the changes in the mucosal intracellular (pHi) of the sigmoid colon during operations of the abdominal aorta, using the air tonometry method. METHODS: Patients with abdominal ...
    • Hypoventilation disproportionate to OSAS severity in children with Prader-Willi syndrome 

      Abel F., Tan H.-L., Negro V., Bridges N., Carlisle T., Chan E., Laverty A., Miligkos M., Samuels M., Kaditis A.G. (2019)
      Objective To test the hypothesis that children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) have hypercapnia for higher proportion of total sleep time (TST) than non-syndromic children with ...
    • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy under spinal anesthesia: A pilot study 

      Tzovaras, G.; Fafoulakis, F.; Pratsas, K.; Georgopoulou, S.; Stamatiou, G.; Hatzitheofilou, C. (2006)
      Background: Regional anesthesia has not been used as the sole anesthetic procedure other than in the scenario of a patient at high risk to undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy with CO2 pneumoperitoneum under general ...