A 17-year-old black patient from Nigeria was admitted to our
Outpatient Clinic because of fever, severe anemia and jaundice. The
patient also complained of fatigue, muscular weakness, dizziness,
irritability and heada...
As the risk of allogeneic blood transfusion transmitted viruses has been reduced to impressively low levels, scientific efforts have been concentrated on the residual mortality risk from other side-effects of transfusion...
Doctor-patient communication is a determining element in the quality of health care. This is a review of the factors that affect this communication and their impact on the final therapeutic outcome. Firstly, the various...
Hypertension is a major risk factor for most cardiovascular diseases. Typically, it is identified by measuring blood pressure (BP) at the brachial artery, usually by cuff-sphygmomanometry. Although such a measurement may...
Η ρικίνη είναι μια ισχυρή τοξίνη που εμπεριέχεται στους σπόρους του φυτού ρετσινολαδιά, το οποίο μπορεί να ανευρεθεί σε όλα τα μέρη του κόσμου. Διεθνείς οργανισμοί έχουν κατατάξει τη ρικίνη στη δεύτερη κατηγορία των βιολ...
Hereditary pyropoikilocytosis with megaloblastic anemia and cholelithiasis
A 17-year-old black patient from Nigeria was admitted to our Outpatient Clinic because of fever, severe anemia and jaundice. The patient also complained of fatigue, muscular weakness, dizziness, irritability and heada...
Mortality from underestimated blood transfusion reactions
As the risk of allogeneic blood transfusion transmitted viruses has been reduced to impressively low levels, scientific efforts have been concentrated on the residual mortality risk from other side-effects of transfusion...
Doctor-patient communication as a determining parameter in the provision of health care
Doctor-patient communication is a determining element in the quality of health care. This is a review of the factors that affect this communication and their impact on the final therapeutic outcome. Firstly, the various...
Central blood pressure: Non-invasive methods and technology for its estimation
Hypertension is a major risk factor for most cardiovascular diseases. Typically, it is identified by measuring blood pressure (BP) at the brachial artery, usually by cuff-sphygmomanometry. Although such a measurement may...
Η ρικίνη ως βιοτρομοκρατικό όπλο.<br /> Κλινικά χαρακτηριστικά της δηλητηρίασης από ρικίνη και αντιμετώπιση στο νοσοκομείο
Η ρικίνη είναι μια ισχυρή τοξίνη που εμπεριέχεται στους σπόρους του φυτού ρετσινολαδιά, το οποίο μπορεί να ανευρεθεί σε όλα τα μέρη του κόσμου. Διεθνείς οργανισμοί έχουν κατατάξει τη ρικίνη στη δεύτερη κατηγορία των βιολ...