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Zolota A, Solonaki F, Katsanos G, Papagiannis A, Salveridis N, Tranta A, Deligiannidis T, Karakasi KE, Nikolaidou C, Papadimitriou C, Fouza A, Papanikolaou V, Miserlis G, Antoniadis N, Fouzas I. Long-Term (≥25 Years) Kidney Allograft Survivors: Retrospective Analysis at a Single Center. Transplant Proc 2020; 52:3044-3050. [PMID: 32571706 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.02.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Despite great improvements in the short-term patient and kidney graft survival, the long-term morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients still remains a significant problem. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of both donor and transplant recipient factors, as well as renal function indices on the very long-term (>25 years) kidney allograft survival. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospective analysis was performed on the data of 41 kidney transplant recipients (KTR), group A: follow-up = 25 years, 20 KTR, 10 male, mean age (mean [M] ± standard deviation [SD]): 34.6 ± 12.6 years, 14 living donors (LD), 6 cadaveric donors (CD); group B: follow-up > 25 years, 21 KTR, 16 male, mean age (M ± SD): 30.86 ± 12.37 years, 14 LD, 7 CD). Kidney graft origin, post-kidney transplantation diabetes mellitus, HLA compatibility, delayed graft function, and acute rejection episodes were also analyzed retrospectively. Statistical analysis with Mann-Whitney test and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed (SPSS 20.0 for Windows). RESULTS The mean age of CDs was lower than that of LDs: CD mean age (M ± SD): 23.84 ± 16.26 years vs LD mean age: 52.75 ± 12.42 years (P < .001). Cadaveric kidney graft was associated with better renal allograft function 10, 15, and 25 years post kidney transplant. None of the other factors analyzed reached statistical significance between the 2 groups. CONCLUSION The age of the donor and the kidney graft origin are important co-factors of the very long-term kidney allograft survival.
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Organ Transplantation Unit, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Adamis D, Papanikolaou V, Mellon R, Prodromitis G. The impact of wildfires on mental health of residents in a rural area of Greece. A case control population based study. Eur Psychiatry 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72893-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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IntroductionPsychopathological disturbances are common in the aftermaths of a disaster. The consequences of these disorders can be long lasting. In August of 2007 an intense and destructive wildfire broke out in the Peloponnesus peninsula in Greece.ObjectivesTo investigate psychological and psychiatric morbidity in individuals who had experienced severe exposure to a wildfire disaster in a part of Greece and to indentify risk factors for the post disaster psychological problems.AimsTo investigate a broader spectrum of mid-term psychological and psychiatric morbidity in victims, to evaluate the proportion of psychopathology that could be accredited to the disaster, to estimate the association of losses with different psychological symptoms, to indentify risk factors for psychopathology.MethodsA Cross sectional case control study of adult population (18–65 years old). Data collected among others were demographic, Symptom Checklist 90-Revised for assessment of psychological difficulties, type and number of losses.ResultsThose damnified from the disaster scored significantly higher (p < 0.05) in the symptoms of somatisation, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoia, and had significantly more symptoms (PST) and were more distressed by them (GSI) compared to controls. In addition risk factors for someone to be a psychiatric case were to be a victim from the fire, to have finished primary school, to be windowed and to have damages to his property.ConclusionsWildfires can cause considerable psychological symptoms in victims and there are reasons for public health policy makers to create services in order to help and improve the mental health of those affected.
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Chrysovitsiotis G, Papanikolaou V, Kyrodimos E, Giotakis E. Symptomatic retropharyngeal space lipoma. A patient with Madelung disease. Hippokratia 2020; 24:91-93. [PMID: 33488059 PMCID: PMC7811879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Retropharyngeal space lipomas (RSL) are rare benign tumors of the head and neck region. They can, sporadically, occur as part of syndromic lipomatosis, such as Madelung disease. Symptoms are caused due to increasing pressure on surrounding structures. Description of case: We present a 64-year-old male patient with symptomatic RSL and symmetric lipomatosis, who was treated surgically. CONCLUSION RSL can grow to a large size before becoming symptomatic. Their diagnosis and treatment can be challenging due to their anatomical site, diverse symptomatology, and diffuse growth pattern. Imaging is necessary for diagnosis. In the vast majority of cases, RSLs are treated surgically with a favorable outcome. HIPPOKRATIA 2020, 24(2): 91-93.
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- G Chrysovitsiotis
- 1 E.N.T. Department of Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 1 E.N.T. Department of Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 1 E.N.T. Department of Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- 1 E.N.T. Department of Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Gkretsi V, Kalli M, Efstathiades C, Papageorgis P, Papanikolaou V, Zacharia LC, Tsezou A, Athanassiou E, Stylianopoulos T. Depletion of Ras Suppressor-1 (RSU-1) promotes cell invasion of breast cancer cells through a compensatory upregulation of a truncated isoform. Sci Rep 2019; 9:10050. [PMID: 31296919 PMCID: PMC6624310 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46575-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Extracellular matrix (ECM)-adhesion proteins and actin cytoskeleton are pivotal in cancer cell invasion. Ras Suppressor-1 (RSU-1), a cell-ECM adhesion protein that interacts with PINCH-1, thus being connected to Integrin Linked Kinase (ILK), alpha-parvin (PARVA), and actin cytoskeleton, is up-regulated in metastatic breast cancer (BC) samples. Apart from the originally-identified gene (RSU-1L), an alternatively-spliced isoform (RSU-1-X1) has been reported. We used non-invasive MCF-7 cells, expressing only RSU-1L, and highly invasive MDA-MB-231-LM2 expressing both isoforms and generated stable shRNA-transduced cells lacking RSU-1L, while the truncated RSU-1-X1 isoform was depleted by siRNA-mediated silencing. RSU-1L depletion in MCF-7 cells resulted in complete abrogation of tumor spheroid invasion in three-dimensional collagen gels, whereas it promoted MDA-MB-231-LM2 invasion, through a compensatory upregulation of RSU-1-X1. When RSU-1-X1 was also eliminated, RSU-1L-depletion-induced migration and invasion were drastically reduced being accompanied by reduced urokinase plasminogen activator expression. Protein expression analysis in 23 human BC samples corroborated our findings showing RSU-1L to be upregulated and RSU-1-X1 downregulated in metastatic samples. We demonstrate for the first time, that both RSU-1 isoforms promote invasion in vitro while RSU-1L elimination induces RSU-1-X1 upregulation to compensate for the loss. Hence, we propose that both isoforms should be blocked to effectively eliminate metastasis.
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- Vasiliki Gkretsi
- Cancer Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. .,Biomedical Sciences Program, Department of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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- Cancer Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- The Center for Risk and Decision Sciences (CERIDES), Department of Computer Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Cancer Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.,Biological Sciences Program, Department of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Life and Health Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Cancer Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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Fouzas I, Papanikolaou C, Katsanos G, Antoniadis N, Salveridis N, Karakasi K, Vasileiadou S, Fouza A, Mouloudi E, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V. Hepatic Artery Anatomic Variations and Reconstruction in Liver Grafts Procured in Greece: The Effect on Hepatic Artery Thrombosis. Transplant Proc 2019; 51:416-420. [PMID: 30879555 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.01.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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AIMS Variations of the anatomy of donor hepatic arteries increase the number of arterial anastomoses during liver transplantation and, possibly, the incidence of hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT). In this study, we describe the arterial anatomic variations in liver grafts procured and transplanted by a single center in Greece, the techniques of arterial anastomosis, and their effect on the incidence of early HAT. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2013 to December 2017, the arterial anatomy of 116 grafts procured for liver transplantation were recorded, as well as the technique of arterial anastomosis and the incidence of early hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT <30 days). RESULTS A single hepatic artery was recorded in 72.41% of the procured grafts, an aberrant left hepatic artery (accessory or replaced) in 18 grafts (15.52%), and an aberrant right hepatic artery (accessory or replaced) in 17 grafts (14.66%), while other variations were observed in less than 1% of the procured livers. Of the 116 primary liver transplantations, 6 patients (5.17%) developed early HAT <30 days. Two of these patients (1.72%) had 1 anastomosis of the hepatic artery and 4 (3.45%) had 2 anastomoses due to anatomic variations. CONCLUSIONS Anatomic variations of the hepatic artery in liver grafts is a common finding and increase the incidence of early HAT but not to a degree to make these grafts unusable.
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- I Fouzas
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Massa E, Michailidou E, Papadopoulos S, Agapakis D, Kotsamidi I, Xarisopoulos D, Iosifidis E, Daoudaki M, Philis D, Imvrios G, Vagdatli E, Vasilakos D, Papanikolaou V, Fouzas I, Mouloudi E. Perioperative Chemoprophylaxis οr Treatment for Extensively Drug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation Based on Preoperative Donor/Recipient Surveillance Cultures: A Prospective Study. Transplant Proc 2019; 51:457-460. [PMID: 30879566 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.01.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The importance of preoperative donor/recipient colonization or donor infection by extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (XDR-GNB) and its relation to serious post-transplantation infection pathogenicity in liver transplantation (LT) patients has not been clarified. AIM Prevention of postoperative infection due to XDR-GNB with the appropriate perioperative chemoprophylaxis or treatment based on preoperative donor/recipient surveillance cultures in LT patients, as well as their outcome. MATERIALS AND METHOD Twenty-six patients (20 male, 6 female) were studied (average preoperative Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score ≈15, range: 8-29) from January 2017 to January 2018. In all patients, blood, urine, and bronchial secretions culture samples as well as a rectal colonization culture were taken pre- and postoperatively, once weekly after LT, and after intensive care unit discharge. Recipients with positive XDR-GNB colonization and patients receiving a transplant from a donor with an XDR-GNB positive culture or colonization received the appropriate chemoprophylaxis one half hour preoperatively according to culture results. De-escalation of the antibiotic regimen was done in 2 to 5 days based on the colonization/culture results of the donor and recipient and their clinical condition. Evaluation for serious infection was done at 1 week and at 28 days for outcome results. RESULTS Fourteen out of 26 recipients (53.8%) were positive for XDR-GNB colonization preoperative, with 2/14 (14.28%) presenting serious infection due to the same pathogen. Intensive care unit length of stay was significantly longer in colonized with XDR-GNB patients (P < .0001). The outcome of colonized patients was 6/14 (42.8%) expired, but only in 2/14 (14.2%) was mortality attributable to infection. CONCLUSION Administering appropriate perioperative chemoprophylaxis and treatment may limit the frequency of XDR-GNB infections and intensive care unit length of stay and may improve the outcome in LT recipients.
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- E Massa
- Intensive Care Unit, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Infectious Diseases Section, 3rd Department of Pediatrics, Hippokratio General Hospital, Medical School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Hippokratio General Hospital, Medical School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Hippokratio General Hospital, Medical School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Hippokratio General Hospital, Medical School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Biopathology Laboratory Unit, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Anesthesiology Department, University Hospital "AHEPA," Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Hippokratio General Hospital, Medical School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Hippokratio General Hospital, Medical School Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Katsourakis A, Vrabas I, Papanikolaou V, Apostolidis S, Chatzis I, Noussios G. The Role of Exercise in the Quality of Life in Patients After Pancreatectomy: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. J Clin Med Res 2019; 11:65-71. [PMID: 30627280 PMCID: PMC6306133 DOI: 10.14740/jocmr3675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Pancreatic resection is still a challenging operation characterised by high morbidity. The quality of life in patients after pancreatectomy is a critical outcome. The aim of our trial is to prove whether or not exercise has any benefit to the life of these patients. Methods The study was an open-label, randomized clinical trial. The patients were selected according to the Consolidated Standard of Reporting Trials criteria. The study was registered at the International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial registry (ISRCTN) with the study ID ISRCTN1087174. The study was approved by the Bioethics and Deontology Committee, Medical School of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (ref: 166/29.10.2015). Results Once the allocation and the follow-up were completed, 21 patients in the exercise group and 22 in the control group were analyzed. There was no statistical difference between the two groups regarding co-morbidities and disease characteristics; however, the quality of life and the total status of health were superior in the exercise group. Conclusions Exercise can improve the quality of life in patients after complex operations like pancreatectomy.
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- School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Serres, "Aristotle" University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Surgery, Agios Dimitrios General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Serres, "Aristotle" University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Sklavos A, Poutahidis T, Giakoustidis A, Makedou K, Angelopoulou K, Hardas A, Andreani P, Zacharioudaki A, Saridis G, Goulopoulos T, Tsarea K, Karamperi M, Papadopoulos V, Papanikolaou V, Papalois A, Iliadis S, Mudan S, Azoulay D, Giakoustidis D. Effects of Wnt-1 blockade in DEN-induced hepatocellular adenomas of mice. Oncol Lett 2017; 15:1211-1219. [PMID: 29399175 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2017.7427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Recent evidence has suggested that downregulation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway may contribute to the development and growth of HCC. Consequently, elements of this pathway have begun to emerge as potential targets for improving outcomes of anti-HCC. Thus, the present study sought to examine the effects of Wnt-1 blockade using the classical diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced chemical carcinogenesis mouse model of HCC. The depletion of Wnt-1 using neutralizing antisera was done for ten consecutive days at the age of 9 months and mice were examined for the following 20 days. At that time, DEN-treated mice had multiple variably-sized hepatic cell adenomas. Anti-Wnt-1 was particularly potent in suppressing the expression of critical elements of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, such as β-catenin and Frizzled-1 receptor, however, not Dickkopf-related protein 1. This effect co-existed with the suppression of Cyclin D1, FOXM1, NF-κΒ and c-Jun commensurate with proliferation and apoptosis blockade in hepatocellular adenomas, and reduced Bcl-2 and c-Met in the serum of mice. Nonetheless, tumor size and multiplicity were found to be unaffected, suggesting that apoptosis may be equally important to proliferation in the context of counteracting DEN induced hepatocellular adenomas of mice.
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- Argyrios Sklavos
- Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece
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- Laboratory of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Laboratory of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Service de Chirurgie Digestive et Hépatobiliaire, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris-Université Paris-Est, Créteil 94000, France
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- Laboratory of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece
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- Experimental and Research Center ELPEN Pharmaceuticals, Athens 19009, Greece
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- Experimental and Research Center ELPEN Pharmaceuticals, Athens 19009, Greece
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- Propedeutic Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University and AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece
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- Experimental and Research Center ELPEN Pharmaceuticals, Athens 19009, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Academic Department of Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Service de Chirurgie Digestive et Hépatobiliaire, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris-Université Paris-Est, Créteil 94000, France
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- Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece
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Cholongitas E, Goulis I, Antoniadis N, Fouzas I, Imvrios G, Giakoustidis D, Giouleme O, Papanikolaou V, Akriviadis E, Vasiliadis T. Nucleos(t)ide analog(s) prophylaxis after hepatitis B immunoglobulin withdrawal against hepatitis B and D recurrence after liver transplantation. Transpl Infect Dis 2016; 18:667-673. [PMID: 27421122 DOI: 10.1111/tid.12575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2016] [Revised: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Nucleos(t)ide analogs (NAs) have made a hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG)-sparing protocol an attractive approach against hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence after liver transplantation (LT). However, this approach is considered controversial in patients transplanted for HBV and hepatitis D (HDV) co-infection. MATERIAL/METHODS All patients transplanted for HBV/HDV cirrhosis were evaluated. After LT, each patient received HBIG + NAs and then continued with NAs prophylaxis. All patients were followed up with HBV serum markers and HBV DNA, while anti-HDV/HDV RNA was performed in those with HBV recurrence. RESULTS A total of 34 recipients were included (22 men, age: 46.7 ± 16 years). After HBIG discontinuation, NAs were received as monoprophylaxis (lamivudine [LAM]: 2, adefovir [AFV]: 1, entecavir: 9, tenofovir [TDF]: 12) or dual prophylaxis (LAM + AFV [or TDF]: 10 patients). Two (5.8%) of the 34 patients had HBV/HDV recurrence after HBIG withdrawal (median follow-up: 28 [range, 12-58] months). These 2 patients had undetectable HBV DNA at LT. Statistical analysis revealed that those with recurrence had received HBIG for shorter period, compared to those without recurrence (median: 9 vs. 28 months, P = 0.008). CONCLUSIONS We showed for the first time, to our knowledge, that maintenance therapy with NAs prophylaxis after HBIG discontinuation was effective against HBV/HDV recurrence, but it seems that a longer period of HBIG administration might be needed before it is withdrawn after LT.
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- 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Aristotle University, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Aristotle University, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Medical School of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Medical School of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Medical School of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Medical School of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Medical School of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Medical School of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Aristotle University, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Aristotle University Papageorgiou General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Sinakos E, Antoniadis N, Goulis I, Cholongitas E, Kiapidou S, Tsakni E, Vasiliadis T, Papanikolaou V, Akriviadis E. Nucleos(t)ide analogues for the prevention of hepatitis B recurrence after liver transplantation do not affect serum phosphorus levels. Ann Gastroenterol 2016; 29:208-13. [PMID: 27065734 PMCID: PMC4805742 DOI: 10.20524/aog.2016.0014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) constitute the backbone of treatment for the prevention of hepatitis B virus recurrence after liver transplantation (LT). Decline in serum phosphorus levels is a common side effect of nucleotide therapy. Our aim was to assess the impact of nucleotide treatment on the occurrence of hypophosphatemia after LT and determine possible predictors. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed data from liver transplant recipients who had been transplanted for various indications. All patients were evaluated every 3 months. Each patient was considered to be having hypophosphatemia when at least one value of serum phosphorus ≤2.5 mg/dL was detected. RESULTS In total, 109 patients [83 males (76%)] with a mean age of 55±10 years were included. 46/67 (67%) patients with hepatitis B received a nucleotide. The rate of hypophosphatemia (55%) was not different between patients with hepatitis B and those transplanted for other indications (62%). Patients receiving a nucleotide did not run a greater risk of hypophosphatemia than patients receiving only nucleosides (59% vs. 48%, P=0.39). Male gender and everolimus use were associated with the occurrence of hypophosphatemia in patients with hepatitis B. In multivariate analysis only gender was associated with hypophosphatemia (odds ratio 11.43, 95%CI -2.11 to -0.49; P=0.0025). CONCLUSIONS Hypophosphatemia occurs in more than half of liver transplant recipients regardless of the indication for LT. Male gender and everolimus use seem to predispose to hypophosphatemia, whereas the type of antiviral agent does not.
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- Emmanouil Sinakos
- 4 Department of Internal Medicine (Emmanouil Sinakos, Ioannis Goulis, Evangelos Cholongitas, Stefania Kiapidou, Evangelos Akriviadis), Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery (Nikolaos Antoniadis, Ekaterini Tsakni, Vassilios Papanikolaou), Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 4 Department of Internal Medicine (Emmanouil Sinakos, Ioannis Goulis, Evangelos Cholongitas, Stefania Kiapidou, Evangelos Akriviadis), Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 4 Department of Internal Medicine (Emmanouil Sinakos, Ioannis Goulis, Evangelos Cholongitas, Stefania Kiapidou, Evangelos Akriviadis), Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 4 Department of Internal Medicine (Emmanouil Sinakos, Ioannis Goulis, Evangelos Cholongitas, Stefania Kiapidou, Evangelos Akriviadis), Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery (Nikolaos Antoniadis, Ekaterini Tsakni, Vassilios Papanikolaou), Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 3 Pr. Department of Internal Medicine (Themistoklis Vasiliadis), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery (Nikolaos Antoniadis, Ekaterini Tsakni, Vassilios Papanikolaou), Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 4 Department of Internal Medicine (Emmanouil Sinakos, Ioannis Goulis, Evangelos Cholongitas, Stefania Kiapidou, Evangelos Akriviadis), Thessaloniki, Greece
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Mouloudi E, Massa E, Piperidou M, Papadopoulos S, Iosifidis E, Roilides I, Theodoridou T, Kydona C, Fouzas I, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V, Gritsi-Gerogianni N. Tigecycline for treatment of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections after liver transplantation in the intensive care unit: a 3-year study. Transplant Proc 2015; 46:3219-21. [PMID: 25420864 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.09.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND This 3-year prospective, observational, single-center study was undertaken to describe prescription, microbiology findings, tolerance, and efficacy of tigecycline for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) infections after liver transplantation in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS All patients after liver transplantation treated with tigecycline for ≥3 days for CRKP infections in our ICU from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2012, were studied. Patient characteristics, indication of treatment, bacteriology, and ICU mortality were collected. The main end points were clinical and microbiologic efficacy and tolerance of tigecycline. RESULTS Over the study period, 8 men and 2 women (18 CRKP isolates), aged 54.3 ± 7.7 years, were included in the study. Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores on ICU admission were 13.7 ± 2.7 and 10 ± 2.2, respectively. In 7 isolates, tigecycline was prescribed for CRKP blood stream infection (BSI), in 6 for complicated intra-abdominal infection (IAI), in 2 for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), in 2 for surgical site infection, and in 1 for urinary tract infection. In 4 cases, tigecycline was prescribed for secondary BSI followed by VAP and/or IAI. All isolates were susceptible to tigecycline, 83.4% to colistin, 44.5% to gentamicin, and 27.8% to amikacin. In 2 patients, tigecycline was prescribed as monotherapy. Three patients had clinical failure. The microbiologic response rate was 70%. Superinfection was detected in 5 patients, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most frequently isolated pathogen. Tigecycline was generally well tolerated. The ICU mortality rate was 60% with attributable mortality rate 30%. CONCLUSIONS Our pilot study suggests that tigecycline shows a good safety and tolerance profile in patients with CRKP infections in the ICU after orthotopic liver transplantation. Limited therapeutic options for such infections leave physicians no choice but to use tigecycline for off-label indications such as urinary tract and blood stream infections.
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- E Mouloudi
- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Infection Control Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Infection Control Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Transplantation Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Transplantation Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Transplantation Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Karapanagiotou A, Dimitriadis C, Papadopoulos S, Kydona C, Kefsenidis S, Papanikolaou V, Gritsi-Gerogianni N. Comparison of RIFLE and AKIN criteria in the evaluation of the frequency of acute kidney injury in post-liver transplantation patients. Transplant Proc 2015; 46:3222-7. [PMID: 25420865 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.09.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute renal dysfunction is presented quite often after orthotopic liver transplantation (LT), with a reported incidence of 12-64%. The "RIFLE" criteria were introduced in 2004 for the definition of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients, and a revised definition was proposed in 2007 by the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN), introducing the AKIN criteria. The aim of this study was to record the incidence of AKI in patients after LT by both classifications and to evaluate their prognostic value on mortality. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated the records of patients with LT over 2 years (2011-2012) and recorded the incidence of AKI as defined by the RIFLE and AKIN criteria. Preoperative and admission severity of disease scores, duration of mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit length of stay, and 30- and 180-day survivals were also recorded. RESULTS Seventy-one patients were included, with an average age of 51.78 ± 10.3 years. The incidence of AKI according to the RIFLE criteria was 39.43% (Risk, 12.7%; Injury, 12.7%; Failure, 14.1%), whereas according to the AKIN criteria it was 52.1% (stage I, 22.5%; stage II, 7%; stage II 22.55%). AKI, regardless of the classification used, was related to the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score, the volume of transfusions, the duration of mechanical ventilation, and survival. The presence of AKI was related to higher mortality, which rose proportionally with the severity of AKI as defined by the stages of either the RIFLE or the AKIN criteria. CONCLUSIONS AKI classifications according to the RIFLE and AKIN criteria are useful tools in the recognition and classification of the severity of renal dysfunction in patients after LT, because they are associated with higher mortality, which rises proportionally with the severity of renal disease.
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- A Karapanagiotou
- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Department of Nephrology, "Hippokratio" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Surgery and Transplantation, "Hippokratio" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Kiroplastis K, Fouzas I, Katsiki E, Patsiaoura K, Daoudaki M, Komninou A, Xolongitas E, Katsika E, Kaidoglou K, Papanikolaou V. The effect of sorafenib on liver regeneration and angiogenesis after partial hepatectomy in rats. Hippokratia 2015; 19:249-255. [PMID: 27418785 PMCID: PMC4938473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Liver regeneration is vital for the survival of patients submitted to extensive liver resection as a treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Sorafenib is a multikinase inhibitor of angiogenesis and cell division, both of which are integral components of liver regeneration. We investigated the effect of preoperative treatment with sorafenib, a drug used for the treatment of HCC, on liver regeneration and angiogenesis in healthy rats, after two-thirds partial hepatectomy (PH2/3). METHODS In total 48 Wistar rats received intragastric injections of sorafenib (30 mg/kg/d) or vehicle, underwent PH2/3, and were sacrificed at 48, 96 or 168 hours after that. The regenerative index of the liver remnant was studied, as well as the mitotic index. DNA synthesis and angiogenesis were estimated by immunohistochemistry for the Ki-67 and CD34 antigens, respectively. RESULTS Sorafenib reduced significantly the regenerative index at all time points but not the mitotic index at 48, 96 or 168 hours. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis and angiogenesis were not affected significantly either. CONCLUSIONS Sorafenib, when administered preoperatively, reduces incompletely and transiently the regeneration of the liver after PH2/3 in rats. This could mean that sorafenib can be used as neoadjuvant treatment of patients with HCC prior to liver resection, but further experimental and clinical studies are needed to establish the safety of this treatment. Hippokratia 2015; 19 (3): 249-255.
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- K Kiroplastis
- 5 Surgical Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Histology Embryology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Cholongitas E, Vasiliadis T, Goulis I, Fouzas I, Antoniadis N, Papanikolaou V, Akriviadis E. Telbivudine is associated with improvement of renal function in patients transplanted for HBV liver disease. J Viral Hepat 2015; 22:574-80. [PMID: 25385239 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent studies showed that telbivudine in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection improved their glomerular filtration rate (GFR), but data regarding its impact on renal function in liver transplant (LT) recipients are very limited. We evaluated 17 consecutive recipients who received at baseline nucleos(t)ide analogue(s) (NAs) other than telbivudine for 12 months, and then they were switched to telbivudine prophylaxis for another 12 months. In each patient, laboratory data including evaluation of GFR (using MDRD and CKD-EPI) were prospectively recorded. The changes in GFR (ΔGFR) between baseline and after 12 months (1st period) and between telbivudine initiation and 24 months (2nd period) were evaluated. All patients remained serum HBsAg and HBV-DNA negative. GFR-MDRD at baseline, 12 months and 24 months were 72 ± 18, 67.8 ± 16 and 70.3 ± 12 mL/min, respectively, (P = 0.025 for comparison between 12 months and 24 months). ΔGFR at the 1st period was significantly lower, compared with ΔGFR at the 2nd period [mean ΔGFR-MDRD: -4.2 (range: -24-9) vs 2.5 (range: -7-22) mL/min, P = 0.013; mean ΔGFR-CKD-EPI: -4.2 (range: -19-10) vs 4.0 (range: -7-23) mL/min, P = 0.004], although the serum levels of calcineurin inhibitors were similar between the two periods. A second group of recipients (n = 17) who remained under the same nontelbivudine NA(s) for 24 months had a decline in the mean eGFR during the total follow-up period. In conclusion, we showed that telbivudine administration in LT recipients for HBV cirrhosis was effective and it was associated with significant improvement in renal function, but this remains to be confirmed in larger well-designed studies.
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- E Cholongitas
- 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Aristotle University, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 1st Pr. Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Aristotle University, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Aristotle University, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Stefanidis I, Voliotis G, Papanikolaou V, Chronopoulou I, Eleftheriadis T, Kowald A, Zintzaras E, Tsezou A. Telomere Length in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis Is Related With Telomerase Activity and Treatment Duration. Artif Organs 2015; 39:756-64. [DOI: 10.1111/aor.12453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics; University of Thessaly; Larissa Greece
- Laboratory of Medical Genetics; Center of Research and Technology Thessaly; Larissa Greece
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- Centre for Integrated Systems Biology of Ageing and Nutrition; Institute for Ageing and Health; Newcastle University; Newcastle UK
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- Laboratory of Biometry and Biomathematics; Faculty of Medicine; University of Thessaly; Larissa Greece
- Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies; Tufts University School of Medicine; Boston MA USA
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- Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics; University of Thessaly; Larissa Greece
- Laboratory of Medical Genetics; Center of Research and Technology Thessaly; Larissa Greece
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Giotopoulou N, Valiakou V, Papanikolaou V, Dubos S, Athanassiou E, Tsezou A, Zacharia LC, Gkretsi V. Ras suppressor-1 promotes apoptosis in breast cancer cells by inhibiting PINCH-1 and activating p53-upregulated-modulator of apoptosis (PUMA); verification from metastatic breast cancer human samples. Clin Exp Metastasis 2015; 32:255-65. [PMID: 25647720 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-015-9701-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Metastasis, responsible for most deaths from breast cancer (BC), is a multistep process leading to cancer cell spread. Extracellular matrix (ECM)-related adhesion and apoptosis resistance play pivotal role in metastasis. Ras suppressor-1 (RSU-1) localizes to cell-ECM adhesions and binds to pro-survival adhesion protein PINCH-1. Little is known about the role of RSU-1 in BC. In the present study, we investigated the role of RSU-1 in BC metastasis using two BC cell lines that differ in terms of their metastatic potential and a set of 32 human BC samples from patients with or without lymph node metastasis. We show that RSU-1 is upregulated in the aggressive MDA-MB-231 cells compared to MCF-7 and that its silencing by siRNA leads to upregulation of PINCH-1, induction of proliferation and reduction of apoptosis through downregulation of the pro-apoptotic gene p53-upregulated-modulator-of-apoptosis (PUMA). Our findings in the cell lines were further validated in the human BC tissues where normal adjacent tissues were used as controls. We demonstrate for the first time, that RSU-1 expression is upregulated in metastatic BC samples and downregulated in non-metastatic while it is negatively correlated with PINCH-1 and positively correlated with PUMA expression, suggesting that a pro-apoptotic mechanism is in place in metastatic BC samples and identifying RSU-1 as a potentially interesting molecule that needs to be evaluated further as a novel BC metastasis biomarker.
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- Nikolina Giotopoulou
- Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CE.R.T.H.), Institute for Research and Technology-Thessaly, 51 Papanastasiou Street, 41222, Larissa, Greece
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Mouloudi E, Massa E, Papadopoulos S, Iosifidis E, Roilides I, Theodoridou T, Piperidou M, Orphanou A, Passakiotou M, Imvrios G, Fouzas I, Papanikolaou V, Gritsi-Gerogianni N. Bloodstream Infections Caused by Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Among Intensive Care Unit Patients After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Risk Factors for Infection and Impact of Resistance on Outcomes. Transplant Proc 2014; 46:3216-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.09.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ryan S, Papanikolaou V, Keogh I. Appraisal of the peri-hospital management and evolving microbiology of peritonsillar abscess disease. B-ENT 2014; 10:15-20. [PMID: 24765824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is a common complication of tonsillitis, yet there is limited consensus regarding its management and epidemiology. Current issues include pre-hospital care provided by general practitioners (GP) in the community (ii) the lack of standardized protocols for in-patient management and (iii) the role of routine microbiology studies in patients with PTA. We performed a retrospective review of confirmed cases of PTA presenting to a west of Ireland tertiary referral center to evaluate the peri-hospital management and role of microbiology studies in such cases. METHODOLOGY Retrospective chart review of 200 confirmed cases of peritonsillar abscess. RESULTS The annual incidence of PTA in the west of Ireland population was 14/100,000. Pre-hospital treatment given by Primary Care Physicians (PCP) was often deficient with 84 (42%) patients receiving no treatment prior to hospital referral. Needle aspiration was the most common technique used to drain the PTA 142 (71%). Anaerobes were isolated in 54 (27%) of cases demonstrating an increasing importance of these bacteria in PTA disease. Metronidazole with either benzylpenicillin 72 (36%), or co-amoxiclav 82 (41%), was the most common empiric antibiotics used. Successful treatment of all cases of PTA with the use of empiric antibiotics was achieved before results arising from microbiology became available. CONCLUSION The epidemiology of PTA is not well described. We have described the epidemiology for PTA disease in the west of Ireland population for the first time. Needle aspiration was the most common drainage technique used. Empiric antibiotic treatment based on clinical response is advised with antibiotics effective against aerobic and anaerobic bacteria recommended.
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Fouzas I, Sklavos A, Bismpa K, Paxiadakis I, Antoniadis N, Giakoustidis D, Katsiki E, Tatsou N, Mouloudi E, Karapanagiotou A, Tsitlakidis A, Karakatsanis A, Patsiaoura K, Petridis A, Gakis D, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V. Hepatic artery thrombosis after orthotopic liver transplantation: 3 patients with collateral formation and conservative treatment. Transplant Proc 2013; 44:2741-4. [PMID: 23146510 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT), a serious complication after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), can lead to patient death in the absence of revascularization or retransplantation. Herein we have presented clinical characteristics, imaging findings, and long-term outcomes of 3 OLT patients with HAT who were treated conservatively and developed hepatic arterial collaterals. These patients underwent transplantation due to hepatitis B cirrhosis, cryptogenic cirrhosis, or hepatitis C infection and alcoholic disease. They presented with bile duct stenosis and/or a bile leak at 1, 3, and 36 months after transplantation, respectively, and were treated with percutaneous drainage and stent placement, endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP), or reanastomosis of the bile duct over a T tube. HAT was confirmed using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) 3-dimensional (3D) angiography and Doppler sonography. They survive in good condition with normal liver function at 30, 50, and 42 months after OLT, respectively. Development of collateral arterial circulation to the liver graft was detected with MDCT 3D angiography and Doppler sonography. From our experience with 3 patients and a literature review, we believe that there are a number of patients who experience long-term survival after the diagnosis of irreversible HAT and the development of collaterals. Although this group is at high risk for sepsis and biliary complications, these are usually self-limiting complications due to improved treatment regimens. The development of collateral arterial flow may also be beneficial.
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- I Fouzas
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Mouloudi E, Massa E, Georgiadou E, Iosifidis E, Katsika E, Rembelakos G, Gakis D, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V, Papadopoulos S, Gritsi-Gerogianni N. Infections related to renal transplantation requiring intensive care admission: a 20-year study. Transplant Proc 2013; 44:2721-3. [PMID: 23146504 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate infection complications as the reason for intensive care unit (ICU) admission among transplant recipients. METHODS We studied all renal transplant recipients with infectious complications admitted to our ICU from 1992 to 2012:44.3% of all renal transplant recipients admitted to ICU. The epidemiology and prognosis of infectious complications requiring ICU admission were evaluated with analysis of mortality factors. RESULTS The 22 men and 5 women included in this study showed a mean age of 42.7 ± 12.3 years. The Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation II and Seguential Organ Failure Assessment scores on ICU admission were 20 ± 4.6 and 8.6 ± 3.9, respectively. The main infections complications requiring ICU admission were cytomegalovirus pneumonia (n = 15) and aspergillus pneumonia (n = 4). Sixteen patients required hemodialysis and 14, catecholamine support upon ICU admission owing to septic shock. The mortality rate among study patients was 62.9%, versus 26.5% for noninfectious renal transplant recipients requiring ICU admissions. Catecholamine support at ICU admission was independently related to mortality. CONCLUSION The mortality rate of renal transplant recipients admitted to ICU owing infection complications was higher than that of noninfected renal transplant patients. These data suggest that infections and septic shock in renal transplant recipients requiring ICU admission worsen their outcome significantly.
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- E Mouloudi
- Intensive Care Unit, "Hippokratio" University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Karapanagiotou A, Kydona C, Papadopoulos S, Giasnetsova T, Sgourou K, Pasakiotou M, Fouzas I, Papanikolaou V, Gritsi-Gerogianni N. Infections after orthotopic liver transplantation in the intensive care unit. Transplant Proc 2013; 44:2748-50. [PMID: 23146512 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to assess the characteristics and risk factors of infections in the early period after orthopic liver transplantation (OLT) among adult patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 75 patients who underwent OLT over 3 years from 2008 to 2010. We recorded all infections that developed during hospitalization in the intensive care unit (ICU) their outcomes, and the possible risk factors. RESULTS During the study period in 80 OLT we recorded 19 bloodstream infections (47.5%), 7 ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAP; 17.5%), and 14 intra-abdominal infections (35%). Among the 40 isolated microbes, 72.5% were Gram negative, 25% were Gram positive, and 2.5% were fungi. The median time to developing the infection was 4.95 days (range 2-10). Patients with infections showed longer durations of mechanical ventilation, longer lengths of ICU stay, and lower 1-year survivals.
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- A Karapanagiotou
- Intensive Care Unit, Aristotle University Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Kikidis D, Tsioufis K, Papanikolaou V, Zerva K, Hantzakos A. Is epistaxis associated with arterial hypertension? A systematic review of the literature. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2013; 271:237-43. [PMID: 23539411 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2450-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Both epistaxis and hypertension are frequent problems in the adult population. The relationship between the level of arterial pressure and incidence of epistaxis in a patient with hypertension is a question that appears frequently in the clinical practice. A systematic review of the literature regarding the relation of arterial hypertension with epistaxis was performed through MEDLINE and EMBASE. All studies, whether examining the correlation of arterial pressure at presentation of a patient with nasal bleeding or the repercussion of episodes of epistaxis in hypertensive patients, were included in this review. Studies were evaluated independently by two reviewers according to a standard evaluation form. Overall, nine studies fulfilled our inclusion criteria. Five of them were single-group (patient) studies, while the remaining four included a control group. In eight studies, the patient group included patients with epistaxis, while one focused on hypertensive patients. Six out of nine studies agree that arterial pressure is higher at the time of epistaxis, as compared to the control group or to the general population. Seven out of nine studies conclude that there is cross-correlation between arterial pressure and the actual incident of epistaxis. The presence of high arterial blood pressure during the actual episode of nasal bleeding cannot establish a causative relationship with epistaxis, because of confounding stress and possible white coat phenomenon, but may lead to initial diagnosis of an already installed arterial hypertension.
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- D Kikidis
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippocrateion General Hospital, 114 Vas. Sophias Avenue, 11527, Athens, Greece
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Fouzas I, Antoniadis N, Giakoustidis D, Tatsou N, Mouloudi E, Karapanagiotou A, Sklavos A, Tsitlakidis A, Karakatsanis A, Myserlis G, Solonaki F, Daoudaki M, Petridis A, Papagiannis A, Gakis D, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V. Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation: initial results from a center in Greece. Transplant Proc 2012; 44:2712-4. [PMID: 23146501 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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AIM The outcome of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) in type 1 diabetes has dramatically improved in recent years. We report the initial results of our SPK program. PATIENTS AND METHODS From 2008 to 2010, we performed and prospectively obtained data on 4 SPKs in 4 type 1 diabetic patients with chronic renal failure. The recipients were 3 men and 1 woman, of overall mean age of 40.75 ± 4.78 years, mean time from diabetes diagnosis of 27 ± 15 years, and time on dialysis of 3.5 ± 0.57 years. All grafts were procured from multiorgan brain-dead donors of mean age 26 ± 8.16 years and mean body weight of 74 ± 4.34 kg. The pancreatic grafts were transplanted first into the right iliac fossa with mean cold ischemia times of 10.62 ± 3.09 hours for the pancreatic and 14.00 ± 2.97 hours for the renal grafts. Pancreas arterial inflow was re-established by an end-to-side anastomosis of an extension Y-graft to the recipient right iliac artery. The portal vein was sutured to the iliac vein directly. The exocrine secretions of the pancreas were managed by duodenojejunostomy extraperitoneally (n = 3) or intraperitoneally (n = 1). The ureteral anastomosis was performed using the Taguchi technique. RESULTS After SPK, endocrine pancreatic function was immediately restored in all patients. Insulin administration was stopped within the first 24 hours after surgery. Two patients displayed delayed renal graft function necessitating dialysis for 9 and 23 days, respectively. The postoperative course was prolonged with a mean hospital stay of 82 ± 1 day. At a 31.75 ± 9.03 months follow up all patients are alive with functioning grafts. CONCLUSION Our experience with SPK, although limited, has shown encouraging results over a short follow-up period.
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- I Fouzas
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Aristotle University Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Mouloudi E, Vasiliadis T, Aslanidis T, Karapanagiotou A, Papanikolaou V, Gritsi-Gerogianni N. Preterm Delivery in a Parturient Candidate for Emergency Liver Transplantation After Hepatitis B Virus Infection Related Fulminant Liver Failure. Transplant Proc 2012; 44:2765-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Fylaktou A, Daoudaki M, Dimou V, Sianou E, Papaventsis D, Mavrovouniotis I, Fouzas I, Papanikolaou V. Hepatitis B Reactivation in a Renal Transplant Patient Due to a Surface Antigen Mutant Strain: A Case Report. Transplant Proc 2012; 44:2773-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Giakoustidis D, Antoniadis A, Fouzas I, Sklavos A, Giakoustidis A, Ouzounidis N, Gakis D, Koubanagiti K, Myserlis G, Tsitlakidis A, Gerogiannis I, Papagiannis A, Christoforou P, Deligiannidis T, Solonaki F, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V. Prevalence and Clinical Impact of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Renal Transplantation: Ten Years of Experience in a Single Center. Transplant Proc 2012; 44:2715-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cholongitas E, Vasiliadis T, Antoniadis N, Goulis I, Papanikolaou V, Akriviadis E. Hepatitis B prophylaxis post liver transplantation with newer nucleos(t)ide analogues after hepatitis B immunoglobulin discontinuation. Transpl Infect Dis 2012; 14:479-87. [PMID: 22624695 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00741.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2011] [Revised: 11/15/2011] [Accepted: 01/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Newer nucleos(t)ide analogues (NUCs) have better resistance profiles making hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG)-sparing protocol an attractive prophylactic approach against hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence after liver transplantation (LT). We evaluated the risk of HBV recurrence after withdrawal of HBIG in patients who had been under HBIG plus NUCs after LT. Stable patients without HBV recurrence after LT while receiving combination of HBIG plus NUCs for at least 12 months were eligible for HBIG discontinuation. The patients were at low risk for HBV recurrence (only 4.5% had detectable HBV DNA at the time of LT, and 32% had HBV/hepatitis D virus co-infection). All patients were followed up with HBV serum markers, HBV-DNA, and evaluation of renal function, including glomerular filtration rate. Forty-seven recipients discontinued HBIG and were maintained on newer NUCs. Median follow-up post-HBIG withdrawal was 24 months (range: 6-40 months). Twenty-eight (60%) patients continued on lamivudine in combination with adefovir dipivoxil (n = 23, 82%) or tenofovir (n = 5, 18%); 10 (21%) and 9 (19%) of the 47 patients continued on tenofovir and entecavir monoprophylaxis, respectively. Although 3 (6.3%) patients developed detectable hepatitis B surface antigen, all of them had undetectable HBV DNA and no clinical manifestations of HBV recurrence. Renal function was similar between the different groups of patients. In conclusion, maintenance therapy with newer NUCs after discontinuation of HBIG prophylaxis was effective, but further studies in larger cohorts with longer follow-up are needed.
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- E Cholongitas
- 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Aristotle University, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Chatzimeletiou K, Vanderzwalmen P, Kolibianakis E, Gribizis G, Papanikolaou V, Panagiotidis Y, Papatheodorou A, Prapas N, Prapas Y, Tarlatzis B. P46 Cytoskeletal analysis of human biopsied vs unbiopsied embryos by confocal scanning microscopy following vitrification. Reprod Biomed Online 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(12)60263-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Adamis D, Papanikolaou V, Mellon R, Prodromitis G, Tyrovola K, Kyriopoulos J. P-1035 - Long-term psychological effects of a wildfire disaster in Greece. Eur Psychiatry 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(12)75202-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Esteves S, Papanikolaou V. Clinical efficacy, safety and tolerability of recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin to restore spermatogenesis and androgen production of hypogonadotropic hypogonadal men. Fertil Steril 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.07.884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Meningoencephaloceles are herniations of brain tissue through dehiscences of the skull base. These skull defects are either acquired (otologic infection, trauma, surgery, neoplasia) or spontaneous. Spontaneous temporal bone meningoencephaloceles are quite rare conditions, usually congenital in origin presenting during childhood, and only occasionally idiopathic presenting during adulthood. We present a case of temporal bone meningoencephalocele of adult onset. The patient was treated with exploratory mastoidectomy, amputation of the herniated cele and closure of the defect with temporalis fascia and an inferiorly based pedicled muscular flap. No reconstruction of the bony defect was performed, as the layered closure was considered adequate. Twelve months' follow-up revealed no relapse of the condition or postoperative complications.
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- V Papanikolaou
- 1st Department of Otolaryngology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Vergoulas G, Miserlis G, Solonaki F, Imvrios G, Gakis D, Papanikolaou V, Papagiannis A, Visvardis G, Takoudas D, Antoniadis A. Combined treatment of hypercholesterolemia of renal transplant allograft recipients with fluvastatin and gemfibrozil. Transpl Int 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2000.tb02118.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Karayannis G, Tsezou A, Giannatou E, Papanikolaou V, Giamouzis G, Triposkiadis F. Polymorphisms of renin-angiotensin system and natriuretic peptide receptor A genes in patients of Greek origin with a history of myocardial infarction. Angiology 2010; 61:737-43. [PMID: 20529973 DOI: 10.1177/0003319710373091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We assessed the association between (CA)n repeat polymorphism of angiotensinogen (AGT), 250 base pair (bp) insertion/deletion (I/D) of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism (TCTG)n of renin (REN), (CT)n repeat polymorphism of the natriuretic peptide receptor A (NPRA) genes, and the presence and extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) in Greek patients with a history of myocardial infarction (MI). A total of 158 post-MI patients referred for coronary angiography were compared with 144 controls. The SS genotype of the AGT gene was related with an increased risk for 3-vessel CAD (odds ratio [OR], 1.94; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.05-3.61; P = .041), whereas the SL genotype was related with a decreased risk (OR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.22-0.87; P = .019). Moreover, there was a trend for the SL genotype of the REN gene toward increased risk for CAD. There was a significant association between (CA)n polymorphism of the AGT gene and the extent of CAD in Greek patients with a history of MI.
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- George Karayannis
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
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Adelola OA, Papanikolaou V, Gormley P, Lang J, Keogh IJ. Newborn hearing screening: a regional example for national care. Ir Med J 2010; 103:146-149. [PMID: 20666087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Congenital Permanent Childhood Hearing Impairment (PCHI) is known to have a negative effect on language acquisition, cognitive development and social integration. Since 2000 our department has implemented a UNHS program in the West of Ireland. We describe our experience and detail our results to date. All neonates born from October 2000 to November 2007 were screened using a 2-stage protocol. Transient evoked oto-acoustic emissions (TEOAEs) were used to screen all neonates, followed by automated auditory brainstem response (AABR) in those who did not pass TEOAE, and all neonates at audiological risk. 26,281 babies were born over the eight year period. 25,742 underwent the screening process, achieving a coverage rate of 98%. The prevalence of PCHI in the population tested was 1.21/1000 live births (31/25,731). Our results show that a hospital based 2-stage UNHS protocol using TEOAEs and AABR is accurate, feasible and effective.
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- O A Adelola
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Galway University Hospitals, Galway.
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O'Connor TE, Papanikolaou V, Keogh IJ. Public knowledge of head and neck cancer. Ir Med J 2010; 103:105-107. [PMID: 20486312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Studies show 60% of patients with newly diagnosed Head & Neck Squamous Cell Cancer in Ireland, present with advanced disease. A poor level of knowledge and awareness among the public of Head & Neck Cancer, is an important consideration in the often delayed presentation for medical attention in many of these cases. Our study surveyed 200 members of the public to assess their knowledge and awareness of Head & Neck Cancer. One hundred and forty (70%) of respondents had never encountered the term "Head & Neck Cancer". One hundred and forty six (73%) failed to identify excessive alcohol consumption as a risk factor. Less than 100 (50%) would have concern about persisting hoarseness or a prolonged oral ulcer. An urgent need exists to raise awareness of Head & Neck Cancer among the public in Ireland.
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- T E O'Connor
- Department of Otolaryngology, Galway University Hospitals, Newcastle Rd, Galway.
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Vassiliadis T, Mpoumponaris A, Vakalopoulou S, Giouleme O, Gkissakis D, Grammatikos N, Soufleris K, Kakafika A, Tziomalos K, Patsiaoura K, Papanikolaou V, Evgenidis N. Spur cells and spur cell anemia in hospitalized patients with advanced liver disease: Incidence and correlation with disease severity and survival. Hepatol Res 2010; 40:161-70. [PMID: 20070401 DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034x.2009.00590.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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AIM Spur cell anemia (SCA) is a form of acquired hemolytic anemia seen in patients with advanced cirrhosis and particularly in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the incidence of spur cells and spur cell anemia in patients with advanced liver disease and to correlate the presence of spur cell anemia with survival. METHODS During a 33-month period, all patients with advanced cirrhosis (Child-Pugh-Turcott score [CPT]>/=7] who were hospitalized in our department for various reasons were included in this study. RESULTS A total of 54 patients were included in the study; 26 patients had spur cells on peripheral blood smear (median 4, range 1-14). Patients with spur cells had more advanced liver disease compared with those without spur cells (CPT score, P < 0.0001 and MELD score, P < 0.0001), lower hemoglobin levels (P < 0.0001), higher bilirubin levels (total/unconjugated, P < 0.0001), higher reticulocyte count (P < 0.0001) and more prolonged international normalized ratio (INR; P < 0.0001). Patients with 5% spur cells or more had more advanced disease compared with patients with 1-4% spur cells (CPT score, P = 0.004 and MELD score, P = 0.003), lower hemoglobin levels (P = 0.033), more elevated bilirubin levels (total/unconjugated, P = 0.006) and more prolonged INR (P = 0.04). Three-month survival was lower in patients with spur cells compared with patients without spur cells (P = 0.017 and P = 0.104, respectively). Patients with 5% spur cells or more had lower 3-month survival compared with those with 1-4% spur cells (P = 0.014). CONCLUSION Presence of spur cells in patients with advanced cirrhosis is not always accompanied by spur cell anemia. The presence of 5% spur cells or more and/or hemolytic anemia is associated with poor prognosis and these patients might have to be given priority for liver transplantation.
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- Themistoklis Vassiliadis
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Tsoulfas G, Goulis I, Giakoustidis D, Akriviadis E, Agorastou P, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V. Hepatitis C and liver transplantation. Hippokratia 2009; 13:211-5. [PMID: 20011084 PMCID: PMC2776333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C is the leading indication for liver transplantation in Europe, United States and Japan. Reinfection after liver transplantation is universal and chronic liver disease develops in at least 70% of patients at 3 years, with an accelerated course compared to the nontransplant setting. These facts underscore the need for a better understanding of hepatitis C infection and the various treatment modalities. This paper attempts a brief review of the scope of the disease, as well as the different treatment modalities, with special emphasis given to orthotopic liver transplantation.
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- G Tsoulfas
- Surgical Department of Transplantation, Aristotle University, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Fouzas I, Sgourakis G, Nowak KM, Lang H, Cicinnati VR, Molmenti EP, Saner FH, Nadalin S, Papanikolaou V, Broelsch CE, Paul A, Sotiropoulos GC. Liver transplantation with grafts from septuagenarians. Transplant Proc 2009; 40:3198-200. [PMID: 19010233 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate our experience with orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) using grafts from septuagenarians. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventeen adult patients underwent transplantation with grafts from donors 70 years of age or older during an 8-year period. RESULTS The median donor age was 73 years (range, 70-83). Eleven (64.7%) donors had experienced at least 1 hypotensive period and received vasoactive drugs. Median cold and warm ischemia times were 7.25 hours and 35 minutes, respectively. Two recipients underwent retransplantation because of dysfunction or primary nonfunction. Morbidity rate was 47% and hospital mortality rate was 23.5%. After a median follow-up of 34.5 months (range, 3-84 months), 5 additional patients died. Median patient survival was 17 months (range, 0-84 months). One-, 3-, 5-, and 7-year cumulative survival rates were 69.7%, 57.5%, 46.2%, and 23.3%, respectively. Only graft dysfunction (P = .042) was observed to be an independent predictor of survival upon multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS Although grafts from septuagenarians allow for expansion of the donor pool, long-term recipient survival is inferior to that encountered with younger donors.
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- I Fouzas
- Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany; Organ Transplant Unit, Hippocration University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Giakoustidis D, Diplaris K, Antoniadis N, Papagianis A, Ouzounidis N, Fouzas I, Vrochides D, Kardasis D, Tsoulfas G, Giakoustidis A, Miserlis G, Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V, Takoudas D. Impact of double-j ureteric stent in kidney transplantation: single-center experience. Transplant Proc 2009; 40:3173-5. [PMID: 19010225 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We retrospectively evaluated the use of double-j stent and the incidence of urological complications in 2 groups of patients who received a kidney transplant. From January 2005 to September 2007 we studied 172 patients receiving kidney transplants, 65 and 107 from living and cadaver donors, respectively. From the 172 patients, a total of 34 were excluded due to ureterostomy or Politano-Leadbetter ureterovesical anastomosis. Another 21 patients were excluded from the study due to graft loss due to acute or hyperacute rejection, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, or vascular complication. The remaining patients were divided into 2 groups: group A (44 patients) and B (73 patients) with versus without the use of a double-j-stent, respectively. The 2 groups were comparable in terms of donor and recipient gender, ischemia time, and delayed graft function. We failed to observes significant differences between the 2 groups in mean hospital stay (23 +/- 9 and 19 +/- 9), urinary leak (2.3% and 4.1%), and urinary tract infection (20.4% and 19.2%), among groups A and B, respectively. The only difference observed concerned the gravity of the urinary leak; no surgical intervention was needed among the double-j stent group versus 2 patients demanding ureterovesical reconstruction in the nonstent group. In conclusion, our data suggested that the routine use of a double-j stent for ureterovesical anastomosis neither significantly increased urinary tract infection rates, nor decreased the incidence of urinary leaks, but may decrease the gravity of the latter as evidenced by the need for surgical intervention.
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- D Giakoustidis
- Department of Transplant Surgery, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Papanikolaou V, Vrochides D, Margari P, Giakoustidis D, Antoniadis N, Tsinoglou K, Akriviadis E, Takoudas D. Hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia: when a benign lesion becomes "malignant". Report of a case. Hippokratia 2009; 13:114-115. [PMID: 19561783 PMCID: PMC2683454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In a 34 year-old woman complaining of right upper quadrant pain and having mildly elevated total bilirubin, the imaging investigation revealed a liver lesion with characteristics of focal nodular hyperplasia, measuring 3.8 cm, at the confluence of the hepatic veins. The mass was obstructing the left and middle hepatic veins and nearly obstructing the right hepatic vein. Dilation of the splenic vein with development of retropancreatic varices, splenomegaly and free abdominal fluid were also present. The patient underwent an uncomplicated left hemihepatectomy. Patients postoperative total bilirubin was normalized. Tomographic imaging three months after the liver resection revealed resolution of all the Budd-Chiari radiographic signs. This is a report of a case where a hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia, despite its benign nature, required extensive and urgent surgical intervention due to its location and potential dangers secondary to the development of portal hypertension.
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- V Papanikolaou
- Organ Transplant Unit, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Papanikolaou V, Khan M, Keogh I. Incidental Findings on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans of Patients Presenting with Audiovestibular Symptoms. Skull Base 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2009-1224402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Vrochides D, Paraskevas S, Papanikolaou V. Transplantation for type 1 diabetes mellitus. Whole organ or islets? Hippokratia 2009; 13:6-8. [PMID: 19240814 PMCID: PMC2633258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Two types of transplants are offered to patients with complicated insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: a) whole pancreas transplantation, b) pancreatic islet transplantation. A total of 29000 whole pancreas transplantations and 1500 islet transplantations have been performed worldwide until today. Patient survival for whole pancreas recipients is 85% five years after transplantation, whereas very few islet studies focus on patient survival. Graft survival for whole pancreas recipients is 90%, 70% and 45%, at one, five and ten years after transplantation respectively. On the other hand, only 44% of islet recipients are still insulin free, one year after engraftment. If the definition of a successful islet transplantation is not insulin independence but production of C-peptide, then 80% of the same islet recipients have a functioning graft by the end of the first post-transplant year. It is a known fact that whole pancreas transplantation has significant complications. The most common complications after whole organ transplantation include technical failures, acute rejection and CMV infection, whereas islet transplantation is associated with portal vein thrombosis, bleeding, emergency exploratory laparotomy, liver steatosis and rapamune-induced mouth ulcers. The cumulative cost of a whole organ transplantation is about ?40,000. On the other hand, the cumulative cost of a pancreatic islet transplant is estimated to be higher than ?120,000. Whole organ transplantation halts the late complications of diabetes, namely vasculopathy, retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. Although similar claims are made for islet transplantation, its impact on long-term diabetic complications is possible but not proven. Currently, in North America, lean young donors are utilized for whole organ transplants, whereas overweight or older donors are utilized for islet transplants. In conclusion, although islet transplantation is an extremely promising therapy and probably the way of the future, whole organ transplant is still the gold standard according to evidence-based medicine.
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- D Vrochides
- Organ Transplant Unit, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Tsezou A, Karayannis G, Giannatou E, Papanikolaou V, Triposkiadis F. Association of renin-angiotensin system and natriuretic peptide receptor A gene polymorphisms with hypertension in a Hellenic population. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2008; 9:202-7. [DOI: 10.1177/1470320308096412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Introduction. Hypertension results from the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Since the renin-angiotensin and the natriuretic peptide systems contribute to blood pressure regulation, variations in the relative genes are candidates for the development of hypertension. Materials and methods. In 194 hypertensives and 304 controls of Hellenic origin, the possible association between the (CA)n repeat polymorphism of angiotensinogen (AGT), the 250 bp insertion/deletion (I/D) of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), the tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism (TCTG)n of renin, and the (CT)n repeat polymorphism of the natriuretic peptide receptor A (NPRA) and hypertension was assessed. Results. No association between AGT and NPRA polymorphisms and hypertension was observed. The presence of ID or DD genotype of ACE was associated with an increased risk for hypertension compared with the II genotype (OR: 1.782 [95% CI: 1.032—3.077]), whereas the LL genotype of the renin gene was associated with a decreased risk compared with the SS genotype (OR: 0.174 [95% CI: 0.044—0.689]). However, after adjustment for confounding factors only the latter association remained. Conclusions. In the present study conducted in a homogeneous Hellenic population, no associations betweenAGT,ACE, and NPRA gene polymorphisms and hypertension were found. The presence of a significant negative association between the LL polymorphism of the renin gene and hypertension requires further confirmation.
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- Aspasia Tsezou
- Department of Biology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece,
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Imvrios G, Papanikolaou V, Tsoulfas G, Vasiliadis T, Kardassis D, Papagiannis A, Goulis I, Giakoustidis D, Antoniadis N, Fouzas I, Patsiaoura K, Ntinas A, Ouzounidis N, Vrochides D, Katsika E, Diplaris K, Miserlis G, Takoudas D. The evolution of the role of liver transplantation in treating alcoholic cirrhosis in Greece. Transplant Proc 2008; 40:3189-90. [PMID: 19010229 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Liver transplantation represents the main treatment for alcoholic cirrhosis. The goal of this article is to review the results of liver transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis in Greece over the last 2 decades. METHODS Among 247 patients who underwent liver transplantation between 1991 and 2007, 34 (13.7%) experienced alcoholic cirrhosis as the primary diagnosis. We reviewed their demographic data, stage of liver disease, and outcomes regarding survival via a Kaplan-Meier curve. Also we analyzed the causes of death and the postoperative complications. RESULTS Mean Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score was 18.4. Other diagnoses included hepatitis C virus (HCV; 23.5%), hepatitis B virus (HBV; 14.7%), and hepatocellular carcinoma (8.8%). Eleven patients died the most frequent causes being primary graft nonfunction (n = 3), hepatic artery thrombosis (n = 2), sepsis (n = 2), and portal vein thrombosis (n = 2). Complications included rejection (32.4%), infection (26.5%), hepatic graft dysfunction (11.8%), and recurrent HCV, recurrent HBV, and renal failure (8.8% each). Recurrence of alcoholism was observed in 3 patients (8.8%) with mild effects on liver function tests. There has been a significant increase in the number of liver transplantations for alcoholic cirrhosis in the last 6 years, namely 25 patients versus 9 in the previous 10 years. CONCLUSIONS We observed a significant increase in the frequency of alcoholic cirrhosis leading to liver transplantation in the last several years in Greece.
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- G Imvrios
- Transplantation Unit, Department of Surgery, Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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Papanikolaou V, Vrochides D, Margari P, Imvrios G, Papagiannis A, Giakoustidis D, Fouzas I, Antoniadis N, Ouzounidis N, Ntinas A, Vergoulas G, Miserlis G, Solonaki F, Takoudas D. Use of Everolimus in De Novo Renal Recipients: Initial Experience in the Greek Population. Transplant Proc 2008; 40:3166-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.09.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Papanikolaou V, Vrochides D, Imvrios G, Papagiannis A, Gakis D, Ouzounidis N, Giakoustidis D, Fouzas I, Antoniadis N, Ntinas A, Arsos G, Kardasis D, Takoudas D. Tc-99m Sestamibi Accuracy in Detecting Parathyroid Tissue Is Increased When Combined With Preoperative Laboratory Values: A Retrospective Study in 453 Greek Patients With Chronic Renal Failure Who Underwent Parathyroidectomy. Transplant Proc 2008; 40:3163-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Papanikolaou V, Giakoustidis D, Margari P, Ouzounidis N, Antoniadis N, Giakoustidis A, Kardasis D, Takoudas D. Bilateral Morgagni Hernia: Primary Repair without a Mesh. Case Rep Gastroenterol 2008; 2:232-7. [PMID: 21490893 PMCID: PMC3075148 DOI: 10.1159/000142371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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We present a case of bilateral Morgagni hernia in a 68-year-old male with an intermittent history of progressive onset of breath shortness and occasional cardiac arrhythmias. Diagnosis was made by clinical examination and the findings in a plain chest radiograph and was confirmed by computed tomography scan. The patient was operated electively and subjected to a transabdominal approach. A bilateral subcostal incision revealed a large right side anterior diaphragmatic defect with a hernia containing the ascending colon, the majority of the transverse colon and a huge amount of omentum. Also a second smaller defect was found on the left side with no hernia inside. After large bowel and omentum had been taken down to the peritoneal cavity, both defects were primarily closed using interrupted nylon sutures without the use of a mesh. The patient recovered very well, had an uneventful postoperative course and was released on the 5th postoperative day. 15-month follow-up failed to reveal any signs of recurrence.
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- Vassilios Papanikolaou
- Department of Transplant Surgery, Medical School, Aristotle University, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Vergoulas G, Miserlis G, Leontsini M, Papanikolaou V, Takoudas D. De novo and recurrent Kaposi's Sarcoma after renal transplantation in two patients taking everolimus. Hippokratia 2008; 12:191-192. [PMID: 18923745 PMCID: PMC2504405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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