Publications by authors named "Elissavet Konstantelou"
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- * EPs can appear in various body parts, including the lungs, breasts, and abdominal organs, making them tough to diagnose due to their similar imaging characteristics to other conditions.
- * The review highlights the importance of imaging for detecting EPs, but emphasizes that a histological confirmation is essential for an accurate diagnosis, especially for patients with a history of multiple myeloma, as timely diagnosis can greatly improve
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- The study investigates how using Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT can enhance the effectiveness, safety, and diagnostic accuracy of CT-guided lung biopsies in patients with suspicious lung issues.
- A retrospective analysis was conducted on 340 patients who underwent lung biopsies, comparing those who had PET/CT scans before and after the biopsy, as well as those who did not have the scans at all, to determine the impact on biopsy outcomes.
- Results showed that pre-biopsy PET/CT significantly improved targeting accuracy, success rates, and reduced complications, making it particularly beneficial for patients with lung masses compared to those with smaller nodules or multiple nodules.
Introduction: Septic patients undergoing mechanical ventilation (MV) often experience difficulty in weaning. Th aim of this study was to determine whether inflammatory biomarkers of sepsis could be indicative of the failure or success of spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) in these patients.
Methods: Sixty-five patients on MV (42 septic and 23 intubated for other reasons) fulfilling the criteria for SBT were included in the study.
Respiratory viruses are the most common causes of acute respiratory infections. However, identification of the underlying viral pathogen may not always be easy. Clinical presentations of respiratory viral infections usually overlap and may mimic those of diseases caused by bacteria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: The age of asthma onset is often implicated in clinical manifestation, diagnosis, and management of the disease. : To define demographic, clinical and functional features and inflammatory characteristics in induced sputum in patients with adult-onset asthma. : Optimally treated patients from asthma clinics of two tertiary hospitals were included in the study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSerum periostin has been proposed as a surrogate biomarker of Th2 inflammatory response in patients with asthma, but its predictive role in hospitalized patients with COPD has not been evaluated. The aim of the present observational prospective cohort study was to evaluate the possible role of serum periostin as predictor of outcome in COPD patients hospitalized for AECOPD. Serum periostin was measured on admission and at discharge in patients admitted to the hospital for a COPD exacerbation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInsertion of an extra copy of Xq22.2 into 1p36 results in functional duplication of the PLP1 gene in a girl with classical Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease.
BMC Med Genet
September 2015
Background: Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is an X-linked dysmyelinating disorder characterized by nystagmus, hypotonia, ataxia, progressive spasticity, and cognitive decline. PMD classically results from a duplication of a genomic segment encompassing the entire PLP1 gene. Since the PLP1 gene is located in Xq22, PMD affects mostly boys.
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