Publications by authors named "A Apostolopoulou"
Background: Crude and adjusted mortality rates for patients with non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) are among the highest of all healthcare-associated infections, leading to calls for greater prevention. Patients prone to NV-HAP, however, tend to be severely ill at baseline, making it unclear whether their high mortality rates are due to NV-HAP, their underlying conditions, or both.
Methods: Two infectious disease physicians conducted detailed medical record reviews on 150 randomly selected adults from 4 hospitals who died in-hospital following an NV-HAP event between April 2016 and May 2021.
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- Understanding maternal micronutrient intake and dietary habits is essential for assessing the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in pregnant women.
- A study of 797 women showed GDM prevalence at 14.7%, with findings indicating that certain vitamins and minerals (biotin, folate, iron, etc.) were significantly higher in those diagnosed with GDM.
- Results suggest that a higher mean adequacy ratio (MAR) during pregnancy increases GDM risk, notably, reducing MAR raised the risk by 68%, while no link was found between following the Mediterranean diet and GDM risk.
Introduction: The importance of micronutrient intake during the preconceptional and early pregnancy period for both maternal and fetal outcomes is well-known, however, relevant data are not available for Greek pregnant women. The aim of the present study is to delineate the nutritional status preceding conception among a representative cohort of Greek pregnant women.
Methods: This was a prospective study of pregnant women from routine care, recruited at 11-13 gestational weeks, between December 2020 and October 2022, at the 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- The early and accurate diagnosis of endometrial cancer is crucial for patient survival, leading to a study evaluating the effectiveness of frozen section biopsy for this purpose.
- A comprehensive literature review of relevant databases identified 47 studies, but only 11 were suitable for quantitative analysis, revealing high quality data with a pooled sensitivity of 0.863 and specificity of 0.916.
- The findings suggest that frozen section biopsy is a reliable diagnostic tool, particularly effective for atypical hyperplasia, and could be recommended for clinical use where resources allow.
Evaluation of outbreak persistence caused by multidrug-resistant and echinocandin-resistant using multidimensional experimental and epidemiological approaches.
Emerg Microbes Infect
December 2024
is known to cause severe and persistent outbreaks in clinical settings. Patients infected with multidrug-resistant (MDR Cp) isolates were identified in a large Turkish hospital from 2017-2020. We subsequently identified three additional patients infected with MDR Cp isolates in 2022 from the same hospital and two echinocandin-resistant (ECR) isolates from a single patient in another hospital.
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