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Combination of oximetry and sleep questionnaires as screening tools for CPAP initiation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Pulmonology, 2019
Objectives Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) is a cause of high morbidity and mortality so diagnosis and treatment is essential. Questionnaires and oximetry have been used for OSA screening.Aim To evaluate the clinical utility of different sleep ...
A. Pataka, G. Kalamaras, E. Vlachogianni, P. Argyropoulou   +3 more
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Adherence to CPAP Treatment: Can Mindfulness Play a Role?

Life, 2023
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is considered a chronic disease that requires long-term multidisciplinary management for effective treatment. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is still considered the gold standard of therapy.
Athanasia Pataka, Seraphim Chrysovalantis Kotoulas, Panagiotis Raphael Gavrilis, Alice Karkala, Asterios Tzinas, Aimiliza Stefanidou   +5 more
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Body composition and risk factors associated with sarcopenia in post-COVID patients after moderate or severe COVID-19 infections

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background Post-COVID-19 syndrome is characterized by diverse symptoms and abnormalities that persist beyond 12 weeks from the onset of acute COVID-19.
Dulce González-Islas, Carlos Sánchez-Moreno, Arturo Orea-Tejeda, Samantha Hernández-López, Fernanda Salgado-Fernández, Candace Keirns-Davis, Susana Galicia-Amor, Esperanza Trejo-Mellado, Laura Gochicoa-Rangel, Armando Castorena-Maldonado   +9 more
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Pulmonary rehabilitation for cystic fibrosis: A narrative review of current literature

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2021
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a key component in cystic fibrosis care.  This review summarizes the recent evidence in the area of pulmonary rehabilitation for cystic fibrosis in the form of questions and answers regarding interventions, indications ...
Evgenia I. Kalamara, Evangelos T. Ballas, Georgia Pitsiou, Guergana Petrova   +3 more
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Role of cardiopulmonary exercise test in the prediction of hemodynamic impairment in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation, 2022
Periodic repetition of right heart catheterization (RHC) in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can be challenging. We evaluated the correlation between RHC and cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) aiming at CPET use as a potential noninvasive tool for
B. Pezzuto, R. Badagliacca, M. Muratori, S. Farina, M. Bussotti, M. Correale, A. Bonomi, C. Vignati, S. Sciomer, S. Papa, E. Palazzo Adriano, P. Agostoni   +11 more
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Endothelial dysfunction in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using different functional assessment methods

ERJ Open Research, 2021
Background Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in COPD. Endothelial dysfunction is suggested to be one of the pathogenetic mechanisms involved.
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou, Maria Eleni Alexandrou, Dimitra Rafailia Bakaloudi, Georgia Pitsiou, Ioannis Stanopoulos, Theodoros Kontakiotis, Afroditi K. Boutou   +6 more
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A patient who made an impact on how I practice: Severe leptospirosis presenting as ARDS in the ICU

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018
Severe leptospirosis can be a rare cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multiorgan failure. A patient who made an impact on how I practice was a case of severe leptospirosis (Weil’s disease) that presented as ARDS in the ICU ...
Evangelia S. Panagiotidou, Sofia V. Akritidou, Seraphim T. Kotoulas, Evdokia K. Sourla, Basilis G. Mpikos, Basilis P. Bagalas, Ioannis T. Stanopoulos, Katalin M. Fekete, Athanasia D. Pataka   +8 more
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Management of Mechanical Ventilation in Decompensated Heart Failure. [PDF]

, 2016
Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-saving intervention for respiratory failure, including decompensated congestive heart failure. MV can reduce ventricular preload and afterload, decrease extra-vascular lung water, and decrease the work of breathing ...
Adams, Jason Y, Bradley, Laura A, Dempsey, Timothy M, Kuhn, Brooks T, Puro, Alana C   +4 more
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Acute Effects of a Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Product on Pulmonary Function

Medicina, 2020
Background and objectives: During the last decade, conventional tobacco smoking is experiencing a decline and new smoking products have been introduced. IQOS (“I-Quit-Ordinary-Smoking”) is a type of “heat-not-burn” (HNB) tobacco product.
Athanasia Pataka, Seraphim Kotoulas, Evangelos Chatzopoulos, Ioanna Grigoriou, Konstantinos Sapalidis, Christoforos Kosmidis, Anastasios Vagionas, Εleni-Isidora Perdikouri, Konstantinos Drevelegas, Paul Zarogoulidis, Paraskevi Argyropoulou   +10 more
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Chronic respiratory failure [PDF]

Thorax, 2003
The recent case report by Smyth and Riley1 describes an extremely uncommon chronic respiratory failure due to hypoventilation secondary to brainstem stroke, and documents a new treatment option with medroxyprogesterone acetate. We recently saw two patients also with central hypoventilation resulting in chronic type II respiratory failure and treated ...
Bootsma, G.P., Heijdra, Y.F., Wagenaar, M.   +2 more
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