Uremic Leontiasis Ossea: Theoretical Concepts and Practical Considerations.

Leontiasis ossea (LO) in chronic kidney disease patients, also known as Sagliker syndrome, is an exceptionally uncommon uremic complication of long-lasting and severe secondary hyperparathyroidism. The prominent features of uremic LO (ULO) encompass the characteristic clinical trial of massive thickening of maxillary and mandibular bones, widening of interdental spaces, and flattening of nasal bridges and nares. Moreover, during the transformation of craniofacial architecture, significant structural and functional consequences may appear, including upper airway patency, visual and hearing acuity, oral phase of swallowing as well as various neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Mental Health Care Delivery for Older Adults in Rural Greece: Unmet Needs.

Mental disorders may go unrecognized and undertreated in older adults. This is the rationale for the launch of specialized mental health services for the elderly in high resourced settings. Rural areas, however, do not receive adequate mental health care owing to socioeconomic and geographical reasons, and this is the case of rural Greece, where research on mental health of the elderly is scarce.

Recent Insights on Prevalence and Corelations of Hypoactive Delirium.

Delirium is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome which is common in all medical settings. It often goes unrecognized due to difficulties in the detection of its hypoactive variant. This review aims to provide an up-to-date account on recent research on hypoactive delirium (HD).

Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Alterations through Music in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery in Greece.

Introduction: Music has been proposed as a safe, inexpensive, nonpharmacological antistress intervention. The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients undergoing cataract surgery while listening to meditation music experience lower levels of blood pressure and heart rate.

Methods: Two hundred individuals undergoing cataract surgery participated in the study.

Sense of coherence in people with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus: an observational study from Greece.

Background Antonovsky's concept of sense of coherence (SOC) has been suggested to relate to health, especially mental health and preventive health behaviours. Psychological distress has been identified as a risk factor for pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study of SOC and diabetes has not received much attention in Greece.

Delirium in the primary care setting.

Delirium is a complex multifactorial neuropsychiatric syndrome with a broad range of cognitive and neurobehavioral symptoms. It is associated with major adverse events and poor outcome. Little is known about delirium in the primary care setting.