Publications by authors named "Konstantina Vatzia"
Healthcare access and a high quality of the provided services to healthcare users are fundamental human rights according to the Alma Ata Declaration of 1978. Although 45 years have passed since then, health inequalities still exist, not only among countries but also within populations of the same country. For example, several small Greek islands have only a small Primary Healthcare Center in order to provide healthcare services to the insular population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, we investigated the self-reported (questionnaire-based) prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome (OSAS) and the prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) in the context of demographics and adherence to the Mediterranean diet in the general population of Alonissos, a non-profit line island in Greece (i.e., with scarce boat transportation to the mainland).
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- The study examines how sleep disordered breathing (SDB) evolves during adolescence and early adulthood, highlighting persistent symptoms like snoring, daytime sleepiness, and cognitive issues despite treatment.
- Out of 154 participants, 35.7% reported ongoing snoring, and a noteworthy percentage exhibited cognitive declines in areas like memory and language, linked to severity of SDB and high BMI.
- The findings emphasize the need for clinicians to monitor neurocognitive complications in young adults who had SDB as children, suggesting that current treatment guidelines may need to be updated.
Purpose: The aim of this retrospective study was to present the frequency and MDCT appearances of sternal variations and anomalies, as well as to highlight their clinical significance.
Methods: This retrospective study was carried out on 1150 patients, who underwent chest MDCT. Axial planes, multiplanar and curved-planar reconstructed images were studied.