Intermittent recruitment with high-frequency oscillation/tracheal gas insufflation in acute respiratory distress syndromeS D Mentzelopoulos
First Dept of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
Eur Respir J 39:635-47. 2012
..3%) out of 61 versus 23 (35.9%) out of 64 subjects; p = 0.004). Intermittent recruitment with HFO-TGI and RMs may improve survival in early/severe ARDS...
Vasopressin, epinephrine, and corticosteroids for in-hospital cardiac arrestSpyros D Mentzelopoulos
First Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
Arch Intern Med 169:15-24. 2009
..We hypothesized that combined vasopressin-epinephrine and corticosteroid supplementation during and after resuscitation may improve survival in refractory in-hospital cardiac arrest...
Comparison of high-frequency oscillation and tracheal gas insufflation versus standard high-frequency oscillation at two levels of tracheal pressureSpyros D Mentzelopoulos
First Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
Intensive Care Med 36:810-6. 2010
..We compared standard HFO and HFO-TGI matched for P(tr), in order to determine whether TGI affects gas exchange independently from P (tr)...
Vasopressin for cardiac arrest: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsSpyros D Mentzelopoulos
First Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Evaggelismos General Hospital, 45 47 Ipsilandou Street, GR 10675 Athens, Greece
Resuscitation 83:32-9. 2012
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Scanographic comparison of high frequency oscillation with versus without tracheal gas insufflation in acute respiratory distress syndromeSpyros D Mentzelopoulos
First Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Evangelismos General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, 45 47 Ipsilandou Street, 10675 Athens, Greece
Intensive Care Med 37:990-9. 2011
..e., subcarinal) lung. We used whole-lung computerized tomography (CT) to determine whether HFO-TGI versus HFO improves the recruitment of the lower lung, and especially of its dependent region, where loss of aeration is maximized in ARDS...
Acute effects of combined high-frequency oscillation and tracheal gas insufflation in severe acute respiratory distress syndromeSpyros D Mentzelopoulos
First Department of Critical Care, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
Crit Care Med 35:1500-8. 2007
..We hypothesized that combined HFO and TGI (HFO-TGI) might result in improved gas exchange relative to both standard HFO and CMV according to the ARDS Network protocol...
Prolonged use of carbapenems and colistin predisposes to ventilator-associated pneumonia by pandrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosaSpyros D Mentzelopoulos
University of Athens Medical School, First Department of Critical Care, 45 47 Ipsilandou Street, GR 10675 Athens, Greece
Intensive Care Med 33:1524-32. 2007
..We present our experience with five cases of pandrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and analysis of risk factors...
An evaluation of McCoy balloon laryngoscopy in patients with moderate-to-major endotracheal intubation difficultySpyros D Mentzelopoulos
Department of Intensive Care Medicine Henry Dunant General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Anesth Analg 101:1233-7, table of contents. 2005
..McCoy-balloon laryngoscopy combines the merits of McCoy and balloon laryngoscopy and can be recommended for patients with moderate-to-major intubation difficulty...