Savvas Nicolaou

Summary

Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Imaging of acute small-bowel obstruction
    Savvas Nicolaou
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, 899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 185:1036-44. 2005
  2. ncbi The hand-held FAST: experience with hand-held trauma sonography in a level-I urban trauma center
    Andrew W Kirkpatrick
    Department of Surgery, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Center, Trauma Services, 3rd Floor, 855 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1L7
    Injury 33:303-8. 2002
  3. ncbi SARS: imaging of severe acute respiratory syndrome
    Savvas Nicolaou
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, 899 W. 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 180:1247-9. 2003
  4. ncbi Severe acute respiratory syndrome: radiographic and CT findings
    Nestor L Muller
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, 899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 181:3-8. 2003
  5. ncbi Traumatic pneumothorax detection with thoracic US: correlation with chest radiography and CT--initial experience
    Kevin R Rowan
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, 899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 1M9
    Radiology 225:210-4. 2002
  6. ncbi Images in clinical medicine. Radiologic manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome
    Savvas Nicolaou
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada
    N Engl J Med 348:2006. 2003
  7. ncbi Enhanced recognition of "lung sliding" with power color Doppler imaging in the diagnosis of pneumothorax
    Johann Cunningham
    Section of Trauma, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    J Trauma 52:769-71. 2002
  8. ncbi Utility of screening for blunt vascular neck injuries with computed tomographic angiography
    Nathan P Schneidereit
    Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    J Trauma 60:209-15; discussion 215-6. 2006
  9. ncbi Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) viral infection: radiographic and CT findings
    Amr M Ajlan
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1M9
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 193:1494-9. 2009
  10. ncbi High-resolution CT findings of severe acute respiratory syndrome at presentation and after admission
    Nestor L Muller
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, 899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 182:39-44. 2004

Collaborators

  • Richard K Simons
  • Gaik C Ooi
  • John E Aldrich
  • John R Mayo
  • Amr M Ajlan
  • A W Kirkpatrick
  • Kenneth Tsang
  • Nestor L Muller
  • Chad G Ball
  • Jimmy S Lee
  • Nathan P Schneidereit
  • Kevin B Laupland
  • John B Kortbeek
  • D Ross Brown
  • Pek Lan Khong
  • Kevin R Rowan
  • Robert Colistro
  • Khalid Al-Ismail
  • Johann Cunningham
  • Peter L Munk
  • David Liu
  • William C Torreggiani
  • Arash Eftekhari
  • Gary Redekop
  • Gordon D Andrews
  • Amir Neyestani
  • M Patricia Dunlop
  • Elaine C McKevitt
  • Luck J Louis
  • Danial L Fox
  • Douglas Graeb
  • Bernard R Boulanger
  • Robert R Mulloy
  • S Morad Hameed
  • Daniel I Fox
  • Ian B Anderson
  • Stacey Litvinchuk
  • Lin J Zhou
  • Kevin E Forkheim
  • Alison C Harris
  • Mark Lee
  • Douglas R Hamilton
  • Nizar A Al-Nakshabandi
  • Iain D Lyburn
  • Bernard Lawless

Detail Information

Publications19

  1. ncbi Imaging of acute small-bowel obstruction
    Savvas Nicolaou
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, 899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 185:1036-44. 2005
    ..CT is used increasingly more because it provides essential diagnostic information not apparent from radiographs. MRI may play a role in the future as technology improves and it becomes more readily available...
  2. ncbi The hand-held FAST: experience with hand-held trauma sonography in a level-I urban trauma center
    Andrew W Kirkpatrick
    Department of Surgery, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Center, Trauma Services, 3rd Floor, 855 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1L7
    Injury 33:303-8. 2002
    ..To describe the effectiveness of a portable hand-held ultrasound machine when used by clinicians in the early evaluation and resuscitation of trauma victims...
  3. ncbi SARS: imaging of severe acute respiratory syndrome
    Savvas Nicolaou
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, 899 W. 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 180:1247-9. 2003
  4. ncbi Severe acute respiratory syndrome: radiographic and CT findings
    Nestor L Muller
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, 899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 181:3-8. 2003
    ..In hospitalized SARS patients, the abnormalities tend to progress to bilateral air-space consolidation. CT may reveal parenchymal disease in patients whose radiographs show normal results...
  5. ncbi Traumatic pneumothorax detection with thoracic US: correlation with chest radiography and CT--initial experience
    Kevin R Rowan
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, 899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 1M9
    Radiology 225:210-4. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: In this study, US was more sensitive than supine chest radiography and as sensitive as CT in the detection of traumatic pneumothoraces...
  6. ncbi Images in clinical medicine. Radiologic manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome
    Savvas Nicolaou
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada
    N Engl J Med 348:2006. 2003
  7. ncbi Enhanced recognition of "lung sliding" with power color Doppler imaging in the diagnosis of pneumothorax
    Johann Cunningham
    Section of Trauma, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    J Trauma 52:769-71. 2002
  8. ncbi Utility of screening for blunt vascular neck injuries with computed tomographic angiography
    Nathan P Schneidereit
    Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    J Trauma 60:209-15; discussion 215-6. 2006
    ..CTA screening significantly decreases BVNI-related morbidity and mortality in an efficient manner, underlying its utility in the early diagnosis of this injury...
  9. ncbi Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) viral infection: radiographic and CT findings
    Amr M Ajlan
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1M9
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 193:1494-9. 2009
    ..On MDCT, the ground-glass opacities and areas of consolidation had a predominant peribronchovascular and subpleural distribution, resembling organizing pneumonia...
  10. ncbi High-resolution CT findings of severe acute respiratory syndrome at presentation and after admission
    Nestor L Muller
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, 899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 182:39-44. 2004
    ..The aim of this study was to assess the high-resolution CT (HRCT) findings at presentation and after hospital admission in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)...
  11. ncbi Implementation of a new undergraduate radiology curriculum: experience at the University of British Columbia
    Jimmy S Lee
    Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
    Can Assoc Radiol J 58:272-8. 2007
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  12. ncbi Unenhanced helical CT in the investigation of acute flank pain
    Robert Colistro
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Clin Radiol 57:435-41. 2002
    ..Some of the common pitfalls, together with methods to avoid such occurrences, will be discussed. A review of some of the common alternative diagnoses that may mimic the symptoms of nephroureteric stone disease is illustrated...
  13. ncbi Gluteal mass in a bodybuilder: radiological depiction of a complication of anabolic steroid use
    Khalid Al-Ismail
    Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1M9
    Eur Radiol 12:1366-9. 2002
    ..Multi-modality imaging showed direct evidence revealing the underlying cause of the mass being depot steroid injections...
  14. ncbi Are occult pneumothoraces truly occult or simply missed?
    Chad G Ball
    Department of Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    J Trauma 60:294-8 discussion 298-9. 2006
    ..The purpose was to (1) determine whether perceived OPTXs were truly occult or simply missed and (2) address factors that contribute to the poor sensitivity of the supine CXR...
  15. ncbi Severe acute respiratory syndrome: temporal lung changes at thin-section CT in 30 patients
    Gaik C Ooi
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Rm 405, Block K, Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, China
    Radiology 230:836-44. 2004
    ..To evaluate lung abnormalities on serial thin-section computed tomographic (CT) scans in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) during acute and convalescent periods...
  16. ncbi Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes for occult pneumothoraces in victims of major trauma
    Chad G Ball
    Department of Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    J Trauma 59:917-24; discussion 924-5. 2005
    ..Basic markers available early in resuscitation are highly predictive for OPTXs and may guide management before CT scanning. Further study of OPTX detection and management is required...
  17. ncbi Renal arterial resistive index response to intraabdominal hypertension in a porcine model
    Andrew W Kirkpatrick
    Department of Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Crit Care Med 35:207-13. 2007
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  18. ncbi Thoracic sonography for pneumothorax: the clinical evaluation of an operational space medicine spin-off
    Andrew W Kirkpatrick
    Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Andrew
    Acta Astronaut 56:831-8. 2005
    ..Applied thoracic US is an example of a clinically useful space medicine spin-off that is improving health care on earth...
  19. ncbi Ultrasound detection of right-sided diaphragmatic injury; the "liver sliding" sign
    Andrew Wallace Kirkpatrick
    Am J Emerg Med 24:251-2. 2006