Sophia E Schiza

Summary

Affiliation: University of Crete
Country: Greece

Publications

  1. ncbi Sleep disordered breathing in patients with acute coronary syndromes
    Sophia E Schiza
    Sleep Disorders Unit, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece
    J Clin Sleep Med 8:21-6. 2012
  2. ncbi Sleep patterns in patients with acute coronary syndromes
    Sophia E Schiza
    Sleep Disorders Unit, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Voutes, P O 71110, Greece
    Sleep Med 11:149-53. 2010
  3. ncbi C-reactive protein evolution in obstructive sleep apnoea patients under CPAP therapy
    Sophia E Schiza
    Sleep Disorders Unit, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Voutes, Greece
    Eur J Clin Invest 40:968-75. 2010
  4. ncbi The 5-min pupillary alertness test is sensitive to modafinil: a placebo controlled study in patients with sleep apnea
    Alexandra Nikolaou
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical School, University of Crete, P O Box 2208, Heraklion 71003, Crete, Greece
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 196:167-75. 2008
  5. ncbi Effect of Mediterranean diet on lipid peroxidation marker TBARS in obese patients with OSAHS under CPAP treatment: a randomised trial
    Christopher Papandreou
    Department of Social Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Nutrition Clinic, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    Sleep Breath 16:873-9. 2012
  6. ncbi Effect of Mediterranean diet versus prudent diet combined with physical activity on OSAS: a randomised trial
    Christopher Papandreou
    Dept of Social Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Nutrition Clinic, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    Eur Respir J 39:1398-404. 2012
  7. ncbi Utility of formulas predicting the optimal nasal continuous positive airway pressure in a Greek population
    Sophia E Schiza
    Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
    Sleep Breath 15:417-23. 2011
  8. ncbi Prediction of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in a large Greek population
    Izolde Bouloukaki
    Sleep Disorders Unit, Department of Thoracic Medicine, University General Hospital, Medical School of the University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    Sleep Breath 15:657-64. 2011
  9. ncbi Translation and validation of Berlin questionnaire in primary health care in Greece
    Izolde Bouloukaki
    Department of Thoracic Medicine, Sleep Disorders Unit, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    BMC Pulm Med 13:6. 2013
  10. ncbi Sleep-disordered breathing in heart failure and the effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy
    Emmanuel N Simantirakis
    Cardiology Department, Heraklion University Hospital, PO Box 1352, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    Europace 10:1029-33. 2008

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Sleep disordered breathing in patients with acute coronary syndromes
    Sophia E Schiza
    Sleep Disorders Unit, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece
    J Clin Sleep Med 8:21-6. 2012
    ..We aimed to assess the prevalence and time course of OSAHS in patients with ACS during and after the acute cardiac event...
  2. ncbi Sleep patterns in patients with acute coronary syndromes
    Sophia E Schiza
    Sleep Disorders Unit, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Voutes, P O 71110, Greece
    Sleep Med 11:149-53. 2010
    ..The aim of this study was to assess nocturnal sleep in these patients, away from the CCU environment, and to evaluate potential connections with the disease process...
  3. ncbi C-reactive protein evolution in obstructive sleep apnoea patients under CPAP therapy
    Sophia E Schiza
    Sleep Disorders Unit, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Voutes, Greece
    Eur J Clin Invest 40:968-75. 2010
    ..The aim of our study was to assess the CRP evolution during 1-year follow-up period in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients under CPAP treatment...
  4. ncbi The 5-min pupillary alertness test is sensitive to modafinil: a placebo controlled study in patients with sleep apnea
    Alexandra Nikolaou
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical School, University of Crete, P O Box 2208, Heraklion 71003, Crete, Greece
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 196:167-75. 2008
    ..The extent of pupillary miosis during 5 min in darkness is a simple, recently introduced alertness test which may become useful in the clinical assessment of normal and pathological sleepiness...
  5. ncbi Effect of Mediterranean diet on lipid peroxidation marker TBARS in obese patients with OSAHS under CPAP treatment: a randomised trial
    Christopher Papandreou
    Department of Social Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Nutrition Clinic, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    Sleep Breath 16:873-9. 2012
    ....
  6. ncbi Effect of Mediterranean diet versus prudent diet combined with physical activity on OSAS: a randomised trial
    Christopher Papandreou
    Dept of Social Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Nutrition Clinic, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    Eur Respir J 39:1398-404. 2012
    ....
  7. ncbi Utility of formulas predicting the optimal nasal continuous positive airway pressure in a Greek population
    Sophia E Schiza
    Department of Thoracic Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
    Sleep Breath 15:417-23. 2011
    ..Our aim was to compare both the Hoffstein prediction formula and a newly derived formula to the CPAP pressure setting assessed during a formal CPAP titration study...
  8. ncbi Prediction of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in a large Greek population
    Izolde Bouloukaki
    Sleep Disorders Unit, Department of Thoracic Medicine, University General Hospital, Medical School of the University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    Sleep Breath 15:657-64. 2011
    ..Commonly used clinical indices were used to derive a prediction formula that could identify patients at low and high risk for OSAS...
  9. ncbi Translation and validation of Berlin questionnaire in primary health care in Greece
    Izolde Bouloukaki
    Department of Thoracic Medicine, Sleep Disorders Unit, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    BMC Pulm Med 13:6. 2013
    ....
  10. ncbi Sleep-disordered breathing in heart failure and the effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy
    Emmanuel N Simantirakis
    Cardiology Department, Heraklion University Hospital, PO Box 1352, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    Europace 10:1029-33. 2008
    ..However, this therapeutic intervention by itself is insufficient for the effective treatment of respiratory disturbances during sleep and should be considered as an adjunctive treatment in addition to other established therapies...
  11. ncbi Continuous positive airway pressure therapy lowers vagal tone in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome
    Stavros I Chrysostomakis
    Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    Hellenic J Cardiol 47:13-20. 2006
    ....
  12. ncbi Atrial overdrive pacing for the obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome
    Emmanuel N Simantirakis
    Department of Cardiology, Heraklion University Hospital, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
    N Engl J Med 353:2568-77. 2005
    ..2 to -36.5; P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy is highly effective for the treatment of the obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome, whereas AOP has no significant effect...
  13. ncbi Maintained smoking cessation for 6 months equilibrates the percentage of sputum CD8+ lymphocyte cells with that of nonsmokers
    Izolde Bouloukaki
    Department of Thoracic Medicine, University General Hospital, Medical School of the University of Crete, 71110 Heraklion, Greece
    Mediators Inflamm 2009:812102. 2009
    ..These novel findings indicate that smoking cessation can equilibrate certain inflammatory cells of smokers with those of nonsmokers, within 6 months of smoking cessation...
  14. ncbi Gluteal adipose-tissue polyunsaturated fatty-acids profiles and depressive symptoms in obese adults with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome: a cross-sectional study
    Christopher Papandreou
    Department of Social Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Nutrition Clinic, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 98:316-9. 2011
    ..The positive relationship between symptoms of depression and the particular fatty acid ratio probably indicates an increase in prostaglandins family although this needs further research...
  15. ncbi Pupil miosis within 5 minutes in darkness is a valid and sensitive quantitative measure of alertness: application in daytime sleepiness associated with sleep apnea
    Panos Bitsios
    Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Medical School PO BOX 2208, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Crete, Greece
    Sleep 29:1482-8. 2006
    ..In this preliminary study, we tested the validity of the gradual pupillary miosis during 5 minutes in darkness, as a quantitative physiologic index of the arousal state of the brain...
  16. ncbi Acute electrophysiologic effects of inhaled salbutamol in humans
    Eleftherios M Kallergis
    Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71000, Voutes, Heraklion-Crete, Greece
    Chest 127:2057-63. 2005
    ..These alterations could contribute to the generation of spontaneous arrhythmias...