Practical Approaches to Build and Sustain a Cardio-Oncology Clinic.

The therapeutical advances in recent years in the field of oncology treatment have increased survival rates and improved the quality of life of oncology patients, thus turning cancer into a chronic disease. However, most of the new cancer treatments come at the expense of serious cardiovascular adverse events threatening the success story of these patients. The establishment of multidisciplinary medical teams to prevent, monitor, and treat cardiovascular diseases in cancer-treated patients is needed now more than ever.

Outcomes of diabetic patients with end-stage heart failure listed for heart transplantation: A propensity-matched analysis.

Background: We investigated the current trends and outcomes of diabetic patients listed for heart transplants in the U.S. and provided a method for risk-stratification.

The evolving field of nonpharmacological therapies to improve functional capacity in chronic heart failure.

Clinical investigations in chronic heart failure (HF) have been increasingly including endpoints related to functional and exercise capacity. Noninvasive ventilation support (NIVS) constitutes a therapeutic option that could improve several markers of cardiovascular performance and functional capacity along with improvements in HF symptoms such as dyspnea. NIVS with bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) is a therapeutic option that can be better tolerated by patients than continuous positive airway pressure (cPAP) and potentially improve the adherence of patients with HF to NIVS.

Phototherapy as a first-line treatment for early-stage mycosis fungoides: The results of a large retrospective analysis.

Background: Phototherapy is one of the main treatments for mycosis fungoides (MF). In this study, we analyzed the efficacy and safety of phototherapy as a first-line treatment in patients with early-stage disease.

Methods: We analyzed treatment outcomes in a group of 227 early-stage patients.

[Psychiatric specialty training in Greece: Comparative analysis of educational programs (2000 vs 2014)].

Modern educational programs for specialization in psychiatry should follow the developments in psychiatric science, both in the part of acquired knowledge about mental disorders and their treatment, as well as in the part of clinical practice in the diverse spectrum of modern psychiatric services. In Greece, the institutional framework for psychiatric training during specialization has yet to modernize and conform to European standards. For the moment, it is covered by a 1994 Presidential Decree, which briefly describes the time of specialization in psychiatry and the duration of clinical practice in the relevant educational subjects.

[Pro-inflammatory cytokines in Alzheimer's disease].

Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common progressive neurodegenerative disorder in the elderly, is clinically characterized by progressive impairment of cognitive functions, including reduced critical capacity, weakness of decision-making and problem orientation, while in the more advanced stages it is accompanied by behavioral disorders and impaired verbal ability. Neuropathological characteristics of the disease are the neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), the neuritic plaques (NP), the prominent synaptic loss and eventually the neuronal loss. The presence of inflammatory process seems to be playing important role in the progression of the disease.

Perceptions of children and their parents about the pain experienced during their hospitalization and its impact on parents' quality of life.

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess pain levels and perceptions concerning pain by both children and their parents during hospitalization, as well as the impact of that pain upon parents' quality of life.

Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 92 pediatric cancer patients, 159 pediatric patients with musculoskeletal problems and one of their parents. The study was performed between November 2010 and May 2011.

The Democritos Movement Screening Tool for Preschool Children (DEMOST-PRE©): development and factorial validity.

The aim of this study was (a) to develop an assessment tool (the Democritos Movement Screening Tool for Preschool Children - DEMOST-PRE), designed to provide preschool educators, clinicians and researchers with information about assessment and screening of the motor proficiency of children aged 4-6 years, as well as the development and control of movement programmes and (b) to assess its factorial validity. First, tool's content and face validity were established and its final structure was determined. Then, the DEMOST-PRE was administered to 435 children (197 girls) aged 48-71 months (M=60.

Exercise intolerance in chronic heart failure: the role of cortisol and the catabolic state.

Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex clinical syndrome leading to exercise intolerance due to muscular fatigue and dyspnea. Hemodynamics fail to explain the reduced exercise capacity, while a significant skeletal muscular pathology seems to constitute the main underlying mechanism for exercise intolerance in CHF patients. There have been proposed several metabolic, neurohormonal and immune system abnormalities leading to an anabolic/catabolic imbalance that plays a central role in the pathogenesis of the wasting process of skeletal muscle myopathy.

The opinion of Greek parents on the advantages and disadvantages of the outpatient pediatric oncology setting.

Purpose Of The Research: The aim of this study was to assess parental opinions on the advantages and disadvantages of a pediatric oncology outpatient setting in comparison to the inpatient oncology ward.

Methods And Sample: The sample of the study consisted of 104 parents whose children were diagnosed and treated for pediatric cancer. The survey took place at the Pediatric Oncology Wards, as well as their respective outpatient settings of the two General Children's Hospitals in Athens, Greece from May 2010 to August 2010.

Alcohol and psychoactive drugs increased the pre-hospital mortality in 655 fall-related fatalities in Greece: a call for management protocols.

Introduction: The frequency of alcohol and psychoactive drugs in fall-related fatalities and their effect on type, severity of injury and location of death constitute the subjects of this study.

Methods: A retrospective analysis based on autopsy and toxicology compared demographics, location of injury; intention for the injury, height of fall, Abbreviated Injury Scale--90 (AIS-90), post-mortem Injury Severity Score (ISS), and location of death.

Results: Amongst 655 fall-related fatalities screened for alcohol and psychoactive drugs 123 (18.

Prevention and management of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.

The Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS) represents one of the biggest nightmares of all physicians involved in Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART). Every year, several hundreds of women are hospitalized and to date several deaths have been reported. The pivotal event in the development of OHSS is the disruption of capillary integrity that results in leakage of intravascular fluid and proteins into third space.