Browsing by Author "Kyriakou, Elias"

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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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      Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme gene I/D polymorphism and its expression on clinical outcome in acute respiratory distress syndrome 

      Tsantes, Argirio E.; Kopterides, Petros; Bonovas, Stefanos; Bagos, Pantelis G.; Antonakos, Georgios; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Gialeraki, Argiri; Kapsimali, Violetta; Kyriakou, Elias; Kokoris, Styliani; Dima, Kleanthi; Armaganidis, Apostolos; Tsangaris, I. (2013)
      Background. The role of the D allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene I/D polymorphism in the clinical outcomes of patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) remains ...
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      Laboratory Assessment of the Anticoagulant Activity of Apixaban in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Kyriakou, Elias; Katogiannis, Konstantinos; Ikonomidis, Ignatios; Giallouros, George; Rapti, Evdoxia; Taichert, Maria; Pantavou, Katerina; Gialeraki, Argiri; Kousathana, Foteini; Poulis, Aristarchos; Tsantes, Andreas G.; Bonovas, Stefanos; Kapsimali, Violetta; Tsivgoulis, Georgios; Tsantes, Argirios E. (2018)
      Our aim is to determine the most appropriate laboratory tests, besides anti-factor Xa (anti-FXa) chromogenic assays, to estimate the degree of anticoagulation with apixaban and compare it with that of rivaroxaban in ...
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      Laboratory Assessment of the Anticoagulant Activity of Dabigatran 

      Kyriakou, Elias; Ikonomidis, Ignatios; Stylos, D.; Bonovas, Stefanos; Papadakis, I.; Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Kokoris, Styliani; Kalantzis, Dimitrios; Economopoulou, Christine; Kopterides, Petros; Lekakis, John; Tsantes, Argirio E. (2015)
      Background: Our aim was to identify laboratory assays in order to assess the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran etexilate (DE). Methods: Twenty patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation treated on DE (110 mg per os ...
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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 ...