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Platelets transfusion in Greece: Where, when, why? A national survey.
Asian J Transfus Sci
December 2020
Department of Transfusion Service and Clinical Hemostasis, "Saint Savvas" Oncology Hospital of Athens, Patras, Greece.
Background: Platelet transfusion is among the most useful therapeutic tools in modern clinical settings which mean that ensuring an adequate supply is of paramount importance.
Aim: The aim of our study was to record the use and wastage of platelet concentrates (PCs) in Greece, so as to come up with evidence-based interventions.
Methods: The study was conducted during May and June 2015.
Background And Objectives: The International Haemovigilance Network collects aggregate data on complications of blood donation from member haemovigilance systems (HVS). We analysed the data collected in 2006-2016 in order to learn from it and consider future improvements.
Materials And Methods: National HVS entered annual data on donation complications and on annual whole blood and apheresis donations in the 'ISTARE' (International Surveillance of Transfusion Adverse Reactions and Events) online database.
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses in Convalescent Plasma Donors Are Increased in Hospitalized Patients; Subanalyses of a Phase 2 Clinical Study.
Microorganisms
November 2020
Human Retrovirus Section, Vaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA.
We evaluated the antibody responses in 259 potential convalescent plasma donors for Covid-19 patients. Different assays were used: a commercial ELISA detecting antibodies against the recombinant spike protein (S1); a multiplex assay detecting total and specific antibody isotypes against three SARS-CoV-2 antigens (S1, basic nucleocapsid (N) protein and receptor-binding domain (RBD)); and an in-house ELISA detecting antibodies to complete spike, RBD and N in 60 of these donors. Neutralizing antibodies (NAb) were also evaluated in these 60 donors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrent Practice in FFP Preparation and Use in Greece: A National Survey.
Turk J Haematol
February 2021
Saint Savvas Oncology Hospital, Department of Blood Transfusion and Clinical Hemostasis, Athens, Greece
Objective: Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) transfusion is widely used in modern clinical settings. Practices regarding its use vary due to lack of guidelines from randomized trials. The aim of this study was to assess both the current practices regarding FFP production, use, and wastage and the implementation of quality control (QC), female donor plasma production policies, and use of pharmaceutical hemostatic agents in Greece.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Comparison of 2 Venous Puncture Sites for Peripheral Implanted Ports.
J Infus Nurs
April 2020
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece (Drs Katsoulas, Giannakopoulou, and Konstantinou and Mr Stafylarakis); Day Care Surgery "N. Kourkoulos," Hellenic Anticancer Institute, "Saint Savvas" Hospital, Athens, Greece (Dr Kapritsou); Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research Group (AVATAR) at Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Dr Alexandrou); General Hospital of Nikaias, Piraeus, Greece (Dr Bastaki); University of Patras, Patras, Greece (Dr Kiekkas); Agioi Anargiroi Oncology Hospital, Athens, Greece (Dr Konstantinou). Theodoros Katsoulas, PhD, MSc, RN, is an assistant professor of critical care nursing at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, head of the research unit of the university intensive care unit, and member of the vascular access laboratory at the General Oncology Hospital of Kifissia in Athens, Greece. He holds an MSc in nursing and a PhD in clinical nursing. Dr Katsoulas has published 38 articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals, more than 80 abstracts at national and international conferences, and 41 book chapters. He is also a coeditor of 7 books on critical care nursing. Dr Katsoulas has received 9 awards and commendations at national conferences. His research interests include emergency and critical care nursing and vascular access. Maria Kapritsou, PhD, MSc, RN, is chief nurse of the postanesthesia care unit at the Day Care Surgery "N. Kourkoulos," Hellenic-Anticancer Institute, Saint Savvas Hospital, in Athens, Greece. She holds a PhD in oncology surgical nursing, an MSc in surgical nursing, and is currently pursuing a master's degree in health management. She has experience in research methodology (quantitative and laboratory assays) and has a strong interest in clinical nursing practice and research focused on pain, stress, and neuropeptide level issues, predominantly in oncology and surgical adult patients. She has published more than 30 articles in international peer-reviewed journals. Evan Alexandrou, PhD, MPH, RN, ICU Cert, is a clinical nurse consultant in the intensive care unit at Liverpool Hospital in South Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, where he coordinates the central venous access service. Dr Alexandrou is involved in clinical education at an undergraduate and postgraduate level for nursing and medical training programs and is a conjoint lecturer with the faculty of medicine at the University of New South Wales, a senior lecturer with the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University, and an adjunct associate professor with the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research Group based in the Menzies Health Institute at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Maria Bastaki, PhD, MSc, RN, holds a BSc in nursing, an MSc in health management, and a PhD in perianesthesia nursing. She has 13 years of clinical experience in anesthesiology. She has presented research at 20 Hellenic and international conferences and published 7 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Margarita Giannakopoulou, PhD, BSc, RN, is a faculty member in the department of nursing at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and director of the clinical nursing applications laboratory at the General Oncology Hospital of Kifissia in Athens, Greece. She holds a BSc in nursing and a PhD in neuroscience. She is associate editor of the peer-reviewed Hellenic Journal of Nursing and an editorial board member of the Nursing Care and Research journal. Dr Giannakopoulou has published more than 110 articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Her research interests include clinical nursing practice issues with a focus on pain, stress, and neuropeptide research in critical care patients. Panagiotis Kiekkas, PhD, MSc, RN, is an associate professor in the nursing department at the University of Patras in Patras, Greece. He has authored or coauthored 58 articles in scholarly journals, as well as 12 book chapters. He holds a PhD in critical care nursing and an MSc in clinical nursing. His research interest is primarily in perianesthesia nursing. Emmanouil Stafylarakis, MSc, BSc, RN, is currently a senior theatre registered nurse at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital of the Lewisham and Greenwich National Health Service Trust in London, England. He holds a BSc (Hons) in nursing and an MSc in transcultural nursing. His is pursuing a master's degree in perioperative medicine at University College London. He has collaborated with colleagues at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, researching minimal invasive vascular access regarding lumen and port peripherally inserted central catheters. Evangelos A. Konstantinou, PhD, MSc, BSN, RN, is a professor of nurse anesthesiology and vascular access at Faculty of Nursing at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has more than 70 publications in indexed journals and he is also the head of the Vascular Access Laboratory at Agioi Anargiroi Oncology Hospital. His clinical activities include insertion of vascular access devices such as PICCs, PICC Ports, CICC Ports, and dialysis catheters.
The use of peripheral implanted ports to administer parenteral nutrition in a number of patient cohorts is increasingly seen as a safe alternative to chest ports with equivalence in long-term outcomes. Two insertion sites on the upper arm were compared using the zone insertion method (ZIM), which was developed as an approach to optimize and reduce catheter-related exit site complications. The ZIM divides the medial upper arm into 3 main colors, red, green, and yellow, which are based on musculoskeletal, skin, and vessel characteristics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRenal involvement in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: an update on clinical features, pathophysiology and treatment.
Hematology
September 2018
e Department of Transfusion Service and Clinical Hemostasis , 'Saint Savvas' Oncology Hospital, Athens , Greece.
Objectives: The present review summarizes the available knowledge regarding acute and chronic kidney dysfunction in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) focusing on its clinical features, pathophysiology and treatment.
Methods: A thorough PubMed search was performed using as main keywords: 'paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria', 'acute kidney injury', 'chronic kidney disease' and 'eculizumab'.
Results: PNH's etiopathogenesis is based on acquired mutations that lead to the reduction or absence of CD55 and CD59 complement regulators, which are responsible for some of the disease's major clinical features, like intravascular hemolysis, cytopenias and thrombosis.
Red blood cell transfusion in surgical cancer patients: Targets, risks, mechanistic understanding and further therapeutic opportunities.
Transfus Apher Sci
June 2017
Department of Biology, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Athens, Greece. Electronic address:
Anemia is present in more than half of cancer patients and appears to be an independent prognostic factor of short- and long-term adverse outcomes. It increases in the advanced period of cancer and perioperatively, in patients with solid tumors who undergo surgery. As a result, allogeneic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is an indispensable treatment in cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntrathecal or intraventricular administration of colistin, vancomycin and amikacin for central nervous system infections in neurosurgical patients in an intensive care unit.
Int J Antimicrob Agents
March 2017
ICU Department, 'Saint Savvas' Oncology Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Disclosing the truth to terminal cancer patients: a discussion of ethical and cultural issues.
East Mediterr Health J
April 2010
Department of General Surgery, Saint Savvas Oncology Hospital, Athens, Greece.
One of the most difficult ethical dilemmas facing health care professionals working in oncology is whether, when, how and how much to tell terminal cancer patients about their diagnosis and prognosis. The aim of this article is to review the trends in this issue worldwide. While a majority of physicians in both developed and developing countries tell the truth more often today than in the past, the assumption that truth-telling is always beneficial to patients can be questioned.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Several surgical methods have been devised and applied to overcome the complications associated with the loss of the pyloric sphincter after distal gastrectomy. However, none of these methods creates an efficient sphincteric mechanism at the anastomotic site. The purpose of this experimental study in dogs was to replace the pylorus with the ileocecal valve and determine whether its sphincteric function would be preserved in its new location without affecting gastrointestinal motility and the health of the animals.
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