The Year of the Lung 2010
Author(s): Nikos Siafakas, MD,PhD, FRCP, FCCP
Volume: 23
Issue: 4
Year: 2011




Ruptured echinococcus cyst
Author(s): Georgios Zacharis | Andreas Koulelidis | Argyris Tzouvelekis | Anastasia Oikonomou | Georgios Patlakas | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 23
Issue: 4
Year: 2011




BCG pneumonitis with a miliary radiological pattern complicating intravesical BCG immunotherapy
Author(s): Evangelia Fouka | Nikolaos Angelis | Penelope Stefanopoulou | Nikolaos Galanis
Volume: 23
Issue: 4
Year: 2011




Schwannoma presenting as an apical thoracic tumour with upper extremity symptoms
Author(s): Charalampos Markakis | Eleutherios Spartalis | Mavroudis Voultsos | Panorea Paraskeva | Helias Lachanas | Periklis Tomos
Volume: 23
Issue: 4
Year: 2011




The role of Procalcitonin in the management of patients with sepsis and respiratory tract infections: from bench to bedside
Author(s): Alexis Papadopoulos MD, MSc | Konstantinos Bartziokas, MD | Konstantinos Kostikas MD, PhD, FCCP
Volume: 23
Issue: 4
Year: 2011




Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: Classification revision
Author(s): Demosthenes Bouros MD, PhD, FCCP
Volume: 23
Issue: 4
Year: 2011




Klotho gene polymorphism -395 G
Author(s): Ioannis Sotiriou, MD | Asterios Kukuvitis, MD, PhD | Anthi Chatzikyriakidou, BSc, PhD | Stavros Tryfon, MD, PhD | Marios E. Froudarakis, MD, PhD | Ioannis Georgiou, BSC, PhD | Demosthenes Bouros, MD, PhD
Volume: 23
Issue: 4
Year: 2011




PNEUMON in the directory of open access journals
Author(s): Demosthenes Bouros MD, PhD, FCCP
Volume: 23
Issue: 4
Year: 2011




Haematological and immunological changes in cotton mill workers during their shift
Author(s): Angeliki Sotiri | Marighoula Varla–Leftherioti | Anastasios Germenis | Maria Spiropoulou | Catherine Gioka-Stavropoulou | Anastasia Tassiopoulou | Stavros Constantopoulos
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Year: 2009




Exercise testing and exercise-limiting factors in patients with bilateral bronchiectasis
Author(s): Epaminondas N. Kosmas | Joseph Milic-Emili | Stamatia Retsou | Marina Kontogiorgi | Katerina Dimakou | Charalampos Roussos | Nikolaos G. Koulouris
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Year: 2009




Systemic Candidiasis with Multiple Abscesses After Transurethral Resection of the Prostate Gland
Author(s): Patris Emmanouil | Patris Vasilios | Gianakopoulos Stelios | Tsipas Pantelis | Chamalakis Georgios | Kostantinou Marios | Touloupidis Stauros
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Year: 2009




Images in chest medicine: Basaloid carcinoma of the lung: A rare entity
Author(s): Christophoros Kotoulas | Konstantinos Psathakis | Dimitrios Sampaziotis | Georgios Laoutidis
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Year: 2009




Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors: A new treatment option for copd. Are we there yet?
Author(s): Konstantinos Kostikas | Petros Bakakos | Stelios Loukides
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Year: 2009




Scoring systems in community acquired pneumonia
Author(s): Stavros Anevlavis | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Year: 2009




Exercise Limitation in COPD
Author(s): Marios Panagiotou | Emmanouil Kastanakis | Ioannis Vogiatzis
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Introduction to transthoracic ultrasound for the pulmonologist
Author(s): Clementine Bostantzoglou | Charalampos Moschos
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Mouse Models of Malignant Pleural Effusions
Author(s): Marianthi Iliopoulou | Antonia Marazioti | Georgios Stathopoulos
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




ERS, Presidential Summits and the future of respiratory health
Author(s): Mina Gaga | Francesco Blasi
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Rounded Atelectasis
Author(s): Stavros Anevlavis | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Pulmonary Adenocystic Carcinoma
Author(s): Eleftheria Haini | Antigoni Sourla | Jubrail Dahambreh | Nikolaos D. Hainis
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Lung metastasis and pancreatic carcinoma
Author(s): Christophoros Kotoulas | Panteleimon Tsipas | Eleni Patsea | Nikolaos Kentepozidis
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Bilateral nodular lung opacities with a benign course in a young patient
Author(s): Grigoris Stratakos | Fotis Sampsonas | Dimitra Rontogianni | Effrosyni Manali | Apostolos Travlos | Nikos Koufos | Nikolaos Koulouris
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Pulmonary actinomycosis presenting with hemoptysis and a peripheral lung mass; a case report
Author(s): Konstantinos Potaris | Foivos Kokkinis | Patra Kalkandi | Sophia Tassi | Maria Salomidou | Panayiota Mitraki | Panayiotis Demertzis | Maria Dimadi
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Year: 2009




Comparative study of azathioprine-interferon g dispensing to patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Author(s): Fotios Drakopanagiotakis | Dimitrios Mermigkis | Areti Xifteri | Konstantina Tsakanika | Napoleon Karagiannidis | Emmanouil Kastanakis | Vlassis Polychronopoulos | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Year: 2009




Fractals and power law in pulmonary medicine. Implications for the clinician
Author(s): Vasilios E. Papaioannou MD, MSc, PhD | Ioannis Pneumatikos MD, PhD, FCCP
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Year: 2010




Telomerase in pulmonary fibrosis. A link to alveolar cell apoptosis and differentiation
Author(s): Argyris Tzouvelekis | Andreas Karameris | Evangelos Tsiambas | Anastasios Koutsopoulos | Rodoula Tringidou | Marios Froudarakis | Dimitrios Mikroulis | George Zacharis | Paschalis Steiropoulos | Ioanna Bazdiara | Constantinos Tsatalas | Ioannis Kotsianidis | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Year: 2010




Bullectomy for “bong lung” in an 18 year-old male presenting with spontaneous pneumothorax
Author(s): Roger K.A. Allen
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Year: 2010




Beyond pneumonoconiosis: Recently described occupational interstitial lung diseases
Author(s): Evangelia Nena | Paschalis Steiropoulos | Theodoros C. Constantinidis | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Year: 2010




Severe Asthma: Definitions, risk factors and phenotype characterization
Author(s): Penny Moraitaki | Despina Papamichail | Niki Georgatou
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Year: 2010




The use of Bispectral Index (BIS) values as an indicator for sleep staging
Author(s): Evangelia Nena | Paschalis Steiropoulos | Evangelia Serasli | Nikolaos Moisiadis | Venetia Tsara
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Year: 2009




Syndromes, diseases and the challenge of definitions in intensive care medicine: the case of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Author(s): Vasilios Papaioannou | Ioannis Pneumatikos
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Year: 2009




Swine influenza or Swine flu or H1N1 flu
Author(s): George Dimopoulos
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Year: 2009




Influenza pandemic: Is there a real threat?
Author(s): Sotirios Tsiodras
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Year: 2009




The sanatorium of Saint Eleousa: An important part of the history of Respiratory Medicine on the island of Rhodes
Author(s): Andriana I. Papaioannou | Konstantinos T. Kostikas
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Year: 2010




Assessment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in GOLD 2011/2013: More grey zones or a step towards better management?
Author(s): Konstantinos Kostikas | Petros Bakakos | Stelios Loukides
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Three cases of infection with pulmonary Mycobacterium Avium complex with resistance to macrolides secondary to prolonged prior use for bronchectasis
Author(s): Κaterina Manika | Apostolos Papavasileiou | Stamatoula Tsikrika | Μyrto Yannoulopoulou-Remoundou | Κonstantinos Konstantinou
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Surgical correction of acquired unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis by plication technique
Author(s): Christos F. Kampolis | Angeliki A. Loukeri | Dimitrios Pikazis | Antonios Stavroulias | Eleftherios Spartalis | Periklis Tomos
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




A patient with pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale. The value of transcranial doppler
Author(s): Isaac Chouris | Maria Stougianni | Antonios Samaras | Maria Georgiou | Dimitrios Lagonidis
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Complete Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: A new era at the ‘‘G. Papanikolaou’’ Hospital
Author(s): Theodoros Karaiskos | Olga Ananiadou | Konstantinos Diplaris | Nikolaos Michael | Georgios Sarigiannis | GeorgiosDrossos
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




The health related quality of life of Greek patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Author(s): Charalampos Dimitropoulos | Elpida Theodorakopoulou | Alexandra Kopitopoulou | Aristidis Nikolaou | Charilaos Tsapas | Nikolaos Koulouris | Ioannis Ntanos | Epaminondas Kosmas
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Risk factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Author(s): Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Aspergilloma
Author(s): Georgios Zacharis | Argyris Tzouvelekis | Marios Froudarakis | Anastasia Oikonomou | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Visual manifestations in Wegener’s disease
Author(s): Vassiliki Dramba | Paulina Stogiou | Anna Michopoulou | Dimitris Mpompotas | Vasilis Kozompolis | Antonis Antoniadis
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Varicella pneumonia in an adult
Author(s): Vassiliki Dramba | Paulina Stogiou | Dimitra Siopi | Dimitris Mpompotas | Evagelos Georgiadis | Antonis Antoniadis
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




The influence of advertising messages on the smoking habits of teenagers
Author(s): Aristidis Vasilopoulos | Ζoi Roupa | Κonstantinos Gourgoulianis
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Capitonnage or not? Which is the best operative technique for hydatid cysts of the lung; when should it be performed?
Author(s): Fatmir Caushi | Gentiana Qirjako | Armela Çuko | Rezart Oketa | Agron Menzelxhiu | Alban Hatibi
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Correlation between frequency of hospitalization of patients with severe copd and severity indices
Author(s): Eleni Gaki | Georgios Papatheodorou | Ioli Pappa | Spyros Papiris | Stelios Loukides
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Expression of CTGF and TNFa in alveolar macrophages of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis before and after treatment with azathioprine or interferon-γ-1b
Author(s): Areti Xifteri | Fotis Drakopanagiotakis | Argyris Tzouvelekis | Evangelos Tsiambas | Andreas Karameris | Katerina Tsakanika | Vlassis Polychronopoulos | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Acute respiratory failure: To intubate or not to intubate? Think about Noninvasive Ventilation!
Author(s): Ioannis Pneumatikos
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




The role of c-Src in lung cancer, its metastasis and anti-cancer therapy
Author(s): Antonis Antoniadis | Anna Michopoulou
Volume: 24
Issue: 2
Year: 2011




Methods for the documentation of the efficacy and safety of new formulations of inhaled drugs containing a corticosteroid and/or a β2-agonist
Author(s): Demosthenes Bouros MD, PhD, FCCP
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Year: 2009




Effect of low doses of lipopolysaccharide prior to ozone exposure οn bronchoalveolar lavage. Differences between wild type and surfactant protein A-deficient mice
Author(s): Rizwanul Haque | Todd M. Umstead | Kwangmi Ahn | David S. Phelps | Joanna Floros
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Year: 2009




Pulmonary echinococcosis presenting as a pulmonary mass with fever and haemoptysis; a case report
Author(s): Panagiota Moraitaki | Penelope Roussi | Yiannis Emmanouil | Rousana Pechlivanidou | Charis Bitsakou | Marios Konstantinou | Konstantinos Marosis
Volume: 23
Issue: 2
Year: 2010




Smoking and pregnancy
Author(s): Andriani Loukopoulou | Vasiliki Evangelopoulou | Panagiotis Behrakis
Volume: 23
Issue: 2
Year: 2010




Standards for Quantitative Assessment of Lung Structure: The Dawn of Stereopneumology
Author(s): Georgios T. Stathopoulos
Volume: 23
Issue: 2
Year: 2010




Endobronchial Involvement in Miliary Tuberculosis
Author(s): Cuneyt Tetikkurt, MD | Seza Tetikkurt, MD | Nihal Bayar, MD | Imran Ozdemir, MD
Volume: 23
Issue: 2
Year: 2010




Two cases of broncho-pulmonary foregut malformations
Author(s): Εleftherios D. Spartalis | Elias Lachanas | Dionisios Pavlopoulos | Othonas P. Michail | Anna Karakatsani | Perikles Tomos
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Year: 2009




Clinical, radiological and molecular effects in three patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis after long-term treatment with interferon gamma-1b
Author(s): Athanasia Proklou | Foteini Economidou | Katerina M. Antoniou, | Eleni G. Tzortzaki | Argyro Voloudaki | Katerina Malagari | Nikolaos M. Siafakas
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Year: 2009




Endobronchial chondroma: a rare benign bronchial neoplasm
Author(s): Antonios Papagiannis | Kosmas Tsakiridis | Stamatis Arikas | Efstratios Tzamtzis | Efi Kyrmanidou | Thomas Zaramboukas
Volume: 23
Issue: 2
Year: 2010




Classification of parapneumonic pleural effusions. From the pathophysiology to classification and modern treatment
Author(s): Stavros Anevlavis, MD, PhD | Demosthenes Bouros MD, PhD, FCCP
Volume: 23
Issue: 2
Year: 2010




Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema syndrome
Author(s): Demosthenes Bouros MD, PhD, FCCP
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Year: 2009




Do we overtreat mild persistent asthma?
Author(s): Stelios Loukides | Konstantinos Kostikas | Petros Bakakos
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Year: 2009




The toll of ozone
Author(s): Todd M. Umstead | David S. Phelps | Joanna Floros
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




"Non Invasive Assessment of Airways Inflammation in Asthma and COPD" Stelios Loukides, Konstantinos Kostikas Peter J. Barnes, editors Paschalidis
Author(s): Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Ocular melanoma from malignant change in a naevus of Ota, with pulmonary and pleural metastases
Author(s): Aggeliki Lazaratou | Eleftheria Haini | Maria Gonidi | Spyros Drazinos | Maria Stefaniotou | Anna Mpatistatou | Spyros Paramythiotis | Helias Papanikolaou | Kyriakos Hainis
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Right ventricular tumour in a patient with renal carcinoma and pulmonary/pleural metastases
Author(s): Eleftheria Haini | Maria Gonidi | Charis Chrysikopoulos | Nikolaos Kalatzis | Penelope Goudeli | Chrystophoros Kardamis | Georgios Dotis | Vyron Mardagias | Antonios Draganigos | Demetios Tsopanidis | Kyriakos D. Hainis
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Alveolar hemorrhage in Wegener's granulomatosis
Author(s): Argyrios Tzouvelekis | Nikolaos Galanopoulos | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




The “leopard man” sign in sarcoidosis
Author(s): Evangelos Balis | Emmanouil Panagiotidis | Kotsifas Konstantinos | Georgios Tatsis | Chariklia Giannopoulou
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Α 75 year-old male with a solitary pulmonary mass, pleuritic pain and persistent fever
Author(s): Zafeiris Sardelis | Loukas Thanos | Ioannis Vamvakaris | Kostantinos Gakis | Kostantinos Belentzas | Silvia Dumitrou | Epaminondas Kosmas
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Age-dependence and intersubject variability of tracheobronchial particle clearance
Author(s): Robert Sturm
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Interventions for smoking cessation during pregnancy
Author(s): Andriani N. Loukopoulou | Miltos P. Vasiliou | Panagiotis K. Behrakis
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




The characteristics of Greek training and experience in pulmonary endoscopic techniques: Is it time for changes?
Author(s): Grigoris Stratakos | Nikolaos Charokopos | Charalampos Dimitropoulos | Michael Leotsinidis | Dimitrios Vassos | Adamantia Liapikou | Spiros Zakinthinos
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




The impact of anaemia, leukocytosis and thrombocytosis on survival in patients with lung cancer resection
Author(s): Tatjana N. Adžić | Gordana D. Radosavljević-Ašić | Jelena M. Stojšić | Dragica P. Pešut | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Revisiting the copd mega-trials in the new decade: The end of the road or just a new beginning?
Author(s): Stelios Loukides | Petros Bakakos | Konstantinos Kostikas
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Year: 2011




Βacteriology of pleural infection «Streptococcus milleri group» in the limelight
Author(s): Vasileios Skouras | Vlasis Polychronopoulos | Richard W. Light
Volume: 22
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Lymphocyte subsets and early apoptosis in the peripheral blood of patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome (Preliminary Results)
Author(s): Paschalis Steiropoulos | Niki Lourou | Evangelia Nakou | Eirini Bouchliou | Argyris Tzouvelekis | Evangelia Nena | Emmanouil Spanoudakis | Georgia Trakada | Ioannis Kotsianidis | Georgios Bourikas | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 22
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




The impact of bisphosphonate therapy on survival of lung cancer patients with bone metastasis
Author(s): Konstantinos Zarogoulidis | Efimia Boutsikou | Vasiliki Zarogoulidou | Hellie Lithoxopoulou | Theodora Tsiouda | Georgios Ballasoulis | Theodoros Kontakiotis
Volume: 22
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Late relapse of testicular tumour at 23 years invading the ischium with pulmonary involvement and thoracic - abdominal adenopathy. Case report
Author(s): Emmanouil Patris | Vasilios Patris | Christos Kalaitzis | Ioannis Efthimiou | Pantelis Tsipas | Marios Konstantinou | Stauros Touloupidis
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




ERS/ESTS clinical guidelines on the fitness of patients for radical treatment of lung cancer (surgery and chemo-radiotherapy)
Author(s): Maria Kokosi | Polixeni Batiani | Vlasis Polychronopoulos
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Primary bronchiolar disorders: diagnosis and treatment
Author(s): Konstantinos Pappas | Alexandra Pentheroudaki | Emmanuel Ferdoutsis | Georgios Meletis | Georgios Patsourakis | Nikolaos Bachlitzanakis
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Safety of research bronchoscopy in mild-moderate and severe asthma
Author(s): Eleftherios Zervas | Konstantinos Samitas | Stelios Vittorakis | Marilena Koutsami | Athanasios Thomopoulos | Adamantia Liapikou | Erasmia Economidou | Mina Gaga
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




Pulmonary toxicity from cardiovascular drugs
Author(s): Kostas Pigakis | Manolis Ferdoutsis | George Meletis | George Patsourakis | Nikos Bachlitzanakis
Volume: 22
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Repair of respiratory system lesions using stem cells
Author(s): Antonis Antoniadis | Paulina Stogiou
Volume: 22
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Interferon-gamma for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Author(s): Professor Demosthenes Bouros | Argyris Tzouvelekis
Volume: 22
Issue: 1
Year: 2009




Thoracoscopy one century later: The oldest interventional technique of modern pneumonology, with great future prospects
Author(s): Marios E. Froudarakis
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




COPD and comorbidities
Author(s): Petros Bakakos | Konstantinos Kostikas | Stelios Loukides
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Year: 2010




The Immunology of pulmonary fibrosis: The role of Th1/Th2/Th17/Treg cells
Author(s): Argyris Tzouvelekis | Evangelos Bouros | Demosthenes Bouros
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Year: 2010



