Publications by authors named "G Petsinis"
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- The text discusses a specific RNA virus that enters human cells by attaching to a receptor associated with N-acetyl-9-O-acetylneuraminic acid, leading to respiratory infections that are usually mild but can become severe in vulnerable populations.
- In Greece, respiratory infections are primarily caused by the HCoVs 229E and OC43 viruses, with viral infections traditionally representing less than 3% of cases.
- A case of severe lung infection in an immunocompromised woman caused by a previously undetected virus in Greece is reported, highlighting the need to consider this virus in severe respiratory infection diagnoses.
Introduction Immature platelet fraction (IPF) is a parameter of an automated hematologic analyzer and is related to platelet size and cytoplasmic RNA content. It reflects thrombopoiesis and is often used as the marker of platelet activity. IPF has been evaluated mostly in hematologic disorders and has also been evaluated in patients with gestational hypertension, sepsis, autoimmune diseases and in hospitalised patients with neutrophilia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorrelation Between Serum Levels of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Severity of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Hospitalized Patients Assessed by Pneumonia Severity Index: An Observational Descriptive Study.
Cureus
July 2020
Introduction Pneumonia severity index (PSI) is a prognostic index used for estimating the possibility of death due to community-acquired pneumonia. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, essential for calcium and phosphate homeostasis. Vitamin D also has antimicrobial properties and according to recent studies, its deficiency may be correlated to an increased frequency of respiratory infections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Design: Prospective consecutive series.
Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of the treatment of acute thoracolumbar burst fractures by transpedicular balloon kyphoplasty with calcium phosphate cement and posterior instrumented fusion.
Summary Of Background Data: In the surgical treatment of thoracolumbar fractures, the major problem after posterior correction and transpedicular instrumentation is failure to support the anterior spinal column, leading to the loss of correction and instrumentation failure.
Background: Authors of recent studies have reported early periprosthetic osteolysis in patients who have been treated with a contemporary metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty and have suggested that metal hypersensitivity associated with an immunologic response to metal may be of etiologic importance. We evaluated the results and histologic findings in patients who had undergone revision of a failed contemporary metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty.
Methods: Two hundred and seventeen total hip arthroplasties (SL-Plus stem and Bicon-Plus cup) with a Sikomet metal-on-metal articulation were implanted in 194 consecutive patients, and the results were retrospectively reviewed at a mean of seventy-seven months postoperatively.