The Implementation of a Health Care Worker Screening Program Based on the Advanta RT-qPCR Saliva Assay in a Tertiary Care Referral Hospital in Northern Greece.

Health care workers are at increased risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection due to different exposures in the community and in hospital settings. Interventions implemented to avoid nosocomial outbreaks include preventive testing strategies. In this report, we present results from the mass screening program applied in our hospital to all professionals, irrespective of symptoms or risk of exposure.

Evaluation of the Advanta Dx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay, a High-Throughput Extraction-Free Diagnostic Test for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study.

Nasopharyngeal swab specimen (NPS) molecular testing is considered the gold standard for SARS-CoV-2 detection. However, saliva is an attractive, noninvasive specimen alternative. The aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of Advanta Dx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR saliva-based assay against paired NPS tested with either NeumoDx SARS-CoV-2 assay or Abbott Real Time SARS-CoV-2 assay as the reference method.

Renin-angiotensin system dysregulation in fetuses with hydronephrosis.

Objectives: To evaluate if fetal hydronephrosis is associated with dysregulation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), and if it could represent an early predictor of future renal damage or arterial hypertension.

Study Design: The study consisted of 26 pregnant women and their fetuses. Ultrasound scans were performed to evaluate the renal pelvis in fetuses.

Management of ovarian cysts with aspiration and methotrexate injection.

Purpose: To evaluate prospectively ultrasonography (US)-guided cyst aspiration and methotrexate injection in the management of simple and endometriotic ovarian cysts in selected patients.

Materials And Methods: Authors obtained informed patient consent and approval from hospital ethics committee. Study included 162 female patients (aged 15-77 years) with simple or endometriotic ovarian cysts (3.

Embryo reduction versus expectant management in triplet pregnancies.

Objective: In triplet pregnancies, to compare pregnancy outcome of expectant management with that after embryo reduction to twins.

Methods: Retrospective study of 255 trichorionic triplet pregnancies, of which 185 had embryo reduction to twins (reduced group) and 70 were managed expectantly (non-reduced group).

Results: Median birth weight was higher by about 500 g and gestation prolonged by about 3 weeks in the reduced pregnancies compared with the expectantly managed pregnancies (2300 vs.