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      Comparison between Nageotte and flow cytometric counting of residual leucocytes in freshly prepared leucocyte-reduced red blood cell components 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Kyriakou, Elias; Nearchakos, Nikolaos; Bonovas, Stefanos; Makri, Efstathia; Pantavou, Katerina; Kottaridi, Christine; Gialeraki, Argyri; Douramani, Panagiota; Taichert, Maria; Kapsimali, Violetta; Tsantes, Argirios E. (2018)
      Background Flow cytometry (FC) and Nageotte hemocytometry represent the most widely accepted methods for counting residual white blood cells (rWBCs) in leucocyte-reduced (LR) blood components. Our aim was to study the ...
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      Cost-effectiveness of leucoreduction for prevention of febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reactions 

      Tsantes, Argirio E.; Kyriakou, Elias; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Stylos, D.; Sidhom, M.; Bonovas, Stefanos; Douramani, Panagiota; Kalantzis, Dimitrios; Kokoris, Styliani; Valsami, S.; Stamoulis, K.; Politou, M.; Foudoulaki-Paparizos, Leontini (2014)
      Background. The cost-effectiveness of universal leucoreduction of blood components remains unclear. When using leucoreduced red blood cells, the decrease in the rate of febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reactions (FNHTR) ...
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      Thromboelastometry for diagnosis of neonatal sepsis-associated coagulopathy: an observational study 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios; Sokou, Rozeta; Giallouros, George; Konstantinidi, Aikaterini; Pantavou, Katerina; Bonovas, Stefanos; Lytras, Theodore; Kyriakou, Elias; Lambadaridis, Ioannis; Gounaris, Antonis; Douramani, Panagiota; Valsami, Serena; Kapsimali, Violetta; Iacovidou, Nicoletta; Tsantes, Argirios E. (2018)
      Our aim was to evaluate the potential role of standard extrinsically activated thromboelastometry (EXTEM) assay in the early detection of neonatal sepsis. We studied 91 hospitalized neonates categorized in two groups: group ...