End-of-life decisions in Greek intensive care units: a multicenter cohort studyGeorgios Kranidiotis
First Critical Care Department, Evangelismos Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 45 47 Ypsilantou Str, Athens, 10675, Greece
Crit Care 14:R228. 2010
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- The 'cardiac-lung mass' artifact: an echocardiographic sign of lung atelectasis and/or pleural effusion
Andreas Karabinis
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, General Hospital of Athens, Mesogeion Avenue, Athens, 115 27, Greece
Crit Care 12:R122. 2008
..We conducted an ultrasound study to investigate echocardiographic artifacts in mechanically ventilated patients with lung pathology...
- Real-time ultrasound-guided catheterisation of the internal jugular vein: a prospective comparison with the landmark technique in critical care patients
Dimitrios Karakitsos
Department of Intensive Care, General State Hospital of Athens, 154 Mesogeion Avenue, 11527 Athens, Greece
Crit Care 10:R162. 2006
..This study was designed to evaluate whether real-time ultrasound-guided cannulation of the internal jugular vein is superior to the standard landmark method...
Impact of portable duplex ultrasonography in head and neck reconstructionAndreas Gravvanis
Plastic Surgery Department, Intensive Care Unit, General State Hospital of Athens G Gennimatas, Athens, Greece
J Craniofac Surg 23:140-4. 2012
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- Real-time ultrasound-guided subclavian vein cannulation versus the landmark method in critical care patients: a prospective randomized study
Mariantina Fragou
Intensive Care Unit, General State Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
Crit Care Med 39:1607-12. 2011
..Subclavian vein catheterization may cause various complications. We compared the real-time ultrasound-guided subclavian vein cannulation vs. the landmark method in critical care patients...
- Whole-body ultrasound in the intensive care unit: a new role for an aged technique
Andreas Karabinis
Intensive Care Unit, General Hospital of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
J Crit Care 25:509-13. 2010
..Whole-body ultrasound in the hands of adequately trained intensivists has the ability to reinvigorate the physical examination, without subjecting the patient to excessive irradiation and the risks of transport...
- Changes in arterial blood flow of free flaps after the administration of sildenafil in swine
Andreas Gravvanis
Department of Plastic Surgery, General State Hospital of Athens G Gennimatas, 154 Mesogeion Ave, Athens, Greece
Microsurgery 31:465-71. 2011
..In conclusion, the administration of sildenafil after free tissue transfer increases flow volume and facilitates the restoration of diastolic blood flow patterns in the early critical postoperative period...
- Limitations and technical considerations of ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks: edema and subcutaneous air
Theodosios Saranteas
Intensive Care Unit, General State Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
Reg Anesth Pain Med 33:353-6. 2008
..We present 2 trauma patients in whom the usefulness of ultrasound techniques was limited by edema and subcutaneous air...
- Portable duplex ultrasonography: A diagnostic and decision-making tool in reconstructive microsurgery
Andreas Gravvanis
Plastic Surgery Department, General State Hospital of Athens G Gennimatas, Athens, Greece
Microsurgery 30:348-53. 2010
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- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma presenting as an ischemic stroke in a 23-year-old woman: a case report and review of the literature
Mariantina Fragou
Intensive Care Unit, General Hospital of Athens, 154 Mesogeion Avenue, Athens 11527, Greece
J Med Case Reports 3:83. 2009
..Peripheral T-cell lymphoma of the unspecified variant is a highly aggressive subtype of T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This is the first reported case of this type of lymphoma presenting as an ischemic stroke in a woman...
Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome and takotsubo cardiomyopathy: the role of echocardiographic monitoring in the ICUJohn Papanikolaou
Intensive Care Unit, General Hospital of Athens G Gennimatas, Athens, Greece
Hellenic J Cardiol 50:436-8. 2009
..Both RPLS and TTC turned out to be totally reversible conditions, and intensive echocardiographic monitoring was of great importance in order to optimize the hemodynamic support in our patient...
- Optic nerve sonography in the diagnostic evaluation of adult brain injury
Theodoros Soldatos
Second Department of Radiology, Attikon University Hospital, 1 Rimin st, 124 62, Athens, Greece
Crit Care 12:R67. 2008
..We investigated whether measurements of ONSD correlated with simultaneous noninvasive and invasive measurements of the intracranial pressure (ICP) in brain-injured adults...
- Echogenic Technology Improves Cannula Visibility during Ultrasound-Guided Internal Jugular Vein Catheterization via a Transverse Approach
Konstantinos Stefanidis
Radiology Department, Evangelismos University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Crit Care Res Pract 2012:306182. 2012
..05). Conclusion. Echogenic technology significantly improved cannula visibility and decreased access time and mechanical complications during real-time ultrasound-guided IJV cannulation via a transverse approach...
- Changes of lidocaine levels in rat serum and tissue under stress and hyperlipidaemic diets
Dimitrios Karakitsos
Department of Intensive Care Unit, General State Hospital of Athens, Athens, Hellas
Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 34:143-6. 2009
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- Application of the pedicled anterolateral thigh flap to defects from the pelvis to the knee
Andreas I Gravvanis
Department of Plastic Surgery, Microsurgery and Burn Center J Ioannovich, General State Hospital of Athens G Gennimatas, Athens, Greece
Microsurgery 26:432-8. 2006
..The vascular anatomy of ALT flap facilitates the design of versatile pedicled flaps with tremendous vascularity, two pivot points and large arc of rotation, able to cover defects from the lower abdominal wall to the knee joint...
