Publications by authors named "Y Papachatzakis"
High-flow oxygen through nasal cannula (HFNC) provides adequate oxygenation and can be an alternative to noninvasive ventilation (NIV) for patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure. The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of HFNC versus NIV in hypercapnic respiratory failure. Patients (n = 40) who were admitted to the Emergency Department of Alexandra Hospital due to hypercapnic respiratory failure (PaCO ≥ 45 mmHg) were randomized assigned into two groups, i.
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- Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) experience symptoms like sleepiness, fatigue, anxiety, and depression, but commonly used screening questionnaires have not been evaluated specifically for those with both conditions compared to OSA alone.
- In this study, 38 patients with both COPD and OSA were compared to 38 patients with OSA only and 28 control subjects; they were assessed before and after three months of treatment with Continuous Positive Airways Pressure (CPAP) therapy.
- Results showed that while anxiety and depression levels were similar between the two groups, those with overlap syndrome reported significantly more fatigue, which did not improve after treatment with CPAP.
Colon Adenoma Implicating Myasthenia Gravis: A Case Report of a Patient with Postcolectomy Complications.
Case Rep Neurol Med
September 2016
We report the case of a 63-year-old patient with myasthenia gravis (MG) due to acetylcholine receptor antibodies (AChR) who underwent colectomy due to colon adenoma and developed myasthenic crisis and anastomosis leakage after surgery. The patient underwent two plasma exchanges, 4 and 6 days preoperatively, and received intravenous prednisolone and immunoglobulin infusion due to the crisis, which included primarily bulbar symptoms. The patient developed on the 10th postoperative day bowel obstruction symptoms and anastomosis leakage which required surgical repair and ileostomy.
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