Browsing by Subject "Antibiotic agent"

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The beginning of personalized medicine in sepsis: Small steps to a bright future

Christaki, Eirini; Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Evangelos J. (2014)

There is a growing recognition that there is a need for a more personalized approach towards sepsis care. In most clinical trials investigating novel therapeutic interventions against sepsis, patients have been considered ...

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Combination chemotherapy with low doses of weekly Carboplatin and oral Etoposide in poor risk small cell lung cancer

Samantas, E.; Skarlos, Dimosthenis V.; Pectasides, Dimitrios; Nikolaidis, Pavlos; Kalofonos, H. P.; Mylonakis, N.; Vardoulakis, Th; Kosmidis, Paraskevas A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fountzilas, George (1999)

Sixty patients with poor prognostic features, either with extensive disease (ED) or limited disease (LD) small cell lung cancer (SCLC), were treated on an out-patient basis with Carboplatin 80 mg/m2 weekly for 3 weeks and ...

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The diagnostic and therapeutic management of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis

Pavlidis, Nicholas (2004)

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Docetaxel (Taxotere™) is active in non-small-cell lung cancer: A phase II trial of the EORTC early clinical trials group (ECTG)

Cerny, T.; Kaplan, S.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Schöffski, P.; Epelbaum, R.; Meerbeek, J. van; Wanders, J.; Franklin, H. R.; Kaye, Stanley B. (1994)

In a multicentre trial of the EORTC ECTG we have treated 43 non-pretreated patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with the new semisynthetic taxoid docetaxel (Taxotere). Six patients were ineligible; of ...

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Favorable outcome in non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the maxillary sinus treated with R-CHOP

Doumas, Stergios; Sakkas, L.; Panayiotidis, P.; Wozniak, Greta; Vlychou, M.; Vassilopoulos, G. (2014)

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Immunomodulatory therapy for sepsis: An update

Christaki, Eirini; Anyfanti, Panagiota; Opal, Steven M. (2011)

Currently the treatment mainstay of sepsis is early and appropriate antibiotic therapy, accompanied by aggressive fluid administration, the use of vasopressors when needed and the prompt initiation of measures to support ...

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Is the mortality rate for septic shock really decreasing?

Christaki, Eirini; Opal, Steven M. (2008)

Survival rates for patients in septic shock have gradually improved in critical care units worldwide over the last 25 years. Further improvement will be predicated on the discovery of new therapies to disrupt the underlying ...

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Management of Gradenigo syndrome in a child

Iliadis, Charalambos; Wozniak, Greta; Vlychou, M.; Barkatsa, V.; Sotirakou, S.; Kunz, A. (2010)

Background: Gradenigo syndrome is a rare presentation of acute petrositis characterized by medial otitis, retro- orbital pain and abducens nerve palsy (CN VI palsy) affecting the lateral rectus muscle (CN VI palsy), due ...

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Paclitaxel and gemcitabine vs. paclitaxel and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in advanced non-nasopharyngeal head and neck cancer. An efficacy and cost analysis randomized study conducted by the Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group

Fountzilas, George; Papakostas, P.; Dafni, U.; Makatsoris, T.; Karina, M.; Kalogera-Fountzila, Anna; Maniadakis, N.; Aravantinos, Gerasimos; Syrigos, K.; Bamias, A. T.; Christodoulou, C.; Economopoulos, T.; Kalofonos, H. P.; Nikolaou, A.; Angouridakis, N.; Stathopoulos, G. P.; Bafaloukos, Dimitrios; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Daniilidis, J. (2006)

Background: The prognosis of patients with recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck cancer (HNC) is poor. Median survival of these patients following chemotherapy is in the range of 6 to 9 months. In the present randomized ...

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The pregnant mother with breast cancer: Diagnostic and therapeutic management

Pavlidis, Nicholas; Pentheroudakis, George (2005)

This review describes the epidemiology, pathology, clinical picture and therapeutic management of pregnant women with breast cancer. In addition, it covers other important issues like the safety of both diagnostic and ...

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Recurrent episodes of recall dermatitis of irradiated breast after LHRH agonist administration

Kostadima, Lida; Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2011)

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Treatment of the pregnant mother with cancer: A systematic review on the use of cytotoxic, endocrine, targeted agents and immunotherapy during pregnancy. Part II: Hematological tumors

Azim, Hatem A.; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Peccatori, Fedro A. (2010)

Managing pregnant patients with hematological tumors pose even more conflicts compared to solid tumors. Unlike the majority of solid tumors, hematological malignancies are potentially curable; hence it is important to ...