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Flow limitation and dynamic hyperinflation: key concepts in modern respiratory physiology by Calverley, P. M. A, Koulouris, N. G

“…Fashions in ideas, like clothes, come and go. From approximately 1950-1980, physiological research was seen as the key discipline in understanding lung disease…”
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Expiratory flow limitation detected by forced oscillation and negative expiratory pressure by Dellaca, R. L, Duffy, N, Pompilio, P. P, Aliverti, A, Koulouris, N. G, Pedotti, A, Calverley, P. M. A

“…The within-breath change in reactance (Delta(rs)) measured by forced oscillation technique (FOT) at 5 Hz reliably detects expiratory flow limitation in chronic…”
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A case of imported Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus infection and public health response, Greece, April 2014 by Tsiodras, S, Baka, A, Mentis, A, Iliopoulos, D, Dedoukou, X, Papamavrou, G, Karadima, S, Emmanouil, M, Kossyvakis, A, Spanakis, N, Pavli, A, Maltezou, H, Karageorgou, A, Spala, G, Pitiriga, V, Kosmas, E, Tsiagklis, S, Gkatzias, S, Koulouris, Ng, Koutsoukou, A, Bakakos, P, Markozanhs, E, Dionellis, G, Pontikis, K, Rovina, N, Kyriakopoulou, M, Efstathiou, P, Papadimitriou, T, Kremastinou, J, Tsakris, A, Saroglou, G

“…On 18 April 2014, a case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection was laboratory confirmed in Athens, Greece in a patient returning…”
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Tidal expiratory flow limitation, dyspnoea and exercise capacity in patients with bilateral bronchiectasis by Koulouris, N.G, Retsou, S, Kosmas, E, Dimakou, K, Malagari, K, Mantzikopoulos, G, Koutsoukou, A, Milic-Emili, J, Jordanoglou, J

“…In this study the authors investigated whether expiratory flow limitation (FL) is present during tidal breathing in patients with bilateral bronchiectasis (BB)…”
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Levels of prostaglandin E2 and Cysteinyl-leukotrienes in sputum supernatant of patients with asthma: the effect of smoking by Kontogianni, K., Bakakos, P., Kostikas, K., Hillas, G., Papaporfyriou, A., Papiris, S., Koulouris, N. G., Loukides, S.

“…Summary Background Smoking is associated with worse asthma outcomes and may modify airway inflammation. Such modification may be mediated through an effect on…”
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Risk factors and characteristics associated with severe and difficult to treat asthma phenotype: an analysis of the ENFUMOSA group of patients based on the ECRHS questionnaire by Gaga, M., Papageorgiou, N., Yiourgioti, G., Karydi, P., Liapikou, A., Bitsakou, H., Zervas, E., Koulouris, N. G., Holgate, S. T.

“…Summary Background Severe and difficult to treat asthma impairs health status and accounts for about half of asthma expenditure. In 1994, a European Network…”
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A simple method to detect expiratory flow limitation during spontaneous breathing by Koulouris, NG, Valta, P, Lavoie, A, Corbeil, C, Chasse, M, Braidy, J, Milic-Emili, J

“…Patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often exhale along the same flow-volume curve during quiet breathing as during a forced…”
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Eosinophils are a feature of upper and lower airway pathology in non-atopic asthma, irrespective of the presence of rhinitis by Gaga, M, Lambrou, P, Papageorgiou, N, Koulouris, N G, Kosmas, E, Fragakis, S, Sofios, C, Rasidakis, A, Jordanoglou, J

“…Background Asthma and rhinitis often co‐exist and there are data to suggest that they may be two ends of the same disease spectrum. Immunohistochemical studies…”
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Exercise-induced flow limitation, dynamic hyperinflation and exercise capacity in patients with bronchial asthma by Kosmas, E.N, Milic-Emili, J, Polychronaki, A, Dimitroulis, I, Retsou, S, Gaga, M, Koutsoukou, A, Roussos, Ch, Koulouris, N.G

“…It is known that, in stable asthmatics at rest, tidal expiratory flow limitation (EFL) and dynamic hyperinflation (DH) are seldom present. This study…”
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Interval versus constant-load exercise training in adults with Cystic Fibrosis by Kaltsakas, G., Chynkiamis, N., Anastasopoulos, N., Zeliou, P., Karapatoucha, V., Kotsifas, K., Diamantea, F., Inglezos, I., Koulouris, N.G., Vogiatzis, I.

“…•Interval improves more than continuous training peripheral and respiratory muscle strength in adults with CF.•Improvements in aerobic capacity are comparable…”
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Noninvasive measurement of mean alveolar carbon dioxide tension and Bohr's dead space during tidal breathing by Koulouris, N.G, Latsi, P, Dimitroulis, J, Jordanoglou, B, Gaga, M, Jordanoglou, J

“…The lack of methodology for measuring the alveolar carbon dioxide tension (PA,CO2) has forced investigators to make several assumptions, such as that PA,CO2 is…”
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High intensity, interval exercise improves quality of life of patients with chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial by Chrysohoou, C, Tsitsinakis, G, Vogiatzis, I, Cherouveim, E, Antoniou, C, Tsiantilas, A, Tsiachris, D, Dimopoulos, D, Panagiotakos, D B, Pitsavos, C, Koulouris, N G, Stefanadis, C

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of high intensity, interval exercise on quality of life (QoL) and depression status, in chronic heart failure…”
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Physiological techniques for detecting expiratory flow limitation during tidal breathing by Koulouris, N G, Hardavella, G

“…Patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often exhale along the same flow-volume curve during quiet breathing as they do during the…”
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Hemodynamic effects of high intensity interval training in COPD patients exhibiting exercise-induced dynamic hyperinflation by Nasis, I, Kortianou, E, Vasilopoulou, Μ, Spetsioti, S, Louvaris, Z, Kaltsakas, G, Davos, C.H, Zakynthinos, S, Koulouris, N.G, Vogiatzis, I

“…Highlights • Interval exercise training improves cardiac output at peak levels of exercise in COPD. • Interval exercise training reduces the magnitude of…”
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A rare cause of lobar pneumonia and tracheal stenosis: giant Zenker's diverticulum by Tomos, P, Karakatsani, A, Lachanas, E, Zarbis, N, Koulouris, N G, Lioulias, A

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Tuberculous effusion: ADA activity correlates with CD4+ cell numbers in the fluid and the pleura by Gaga, M, Papamichalis, G, Bakakos, P, Latsi, P, Samara, I, Koulouris, N G, Alchanatis, N, Orphanidou, D

“…Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is a commonly used marker in the diagnosis of tuberculous effusion and there is evidence that its production is linked to T cells and…”
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Detection of expiratory flow limitation during exercise in COPD patients by Koulouris, Nickolaos G, Dimopoulou, Ioanna, Valta, Paivi, Finkelstein, Richard, Cosio, Manuel G, Milic-Emili, J

“…Nickolaos G. Koulouris, Ioanna Dimopoulou, Päivi Valta, Richard Finkelstein, Manuel G. Cosio, and J. Milic-Emili Meakins-Christie Laboratories and Respiratory…”
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Inspiratory muscle strength and Borg dyspnoea score by Koulouris, N G

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On- and off-exercise kinetics of cardiac output in response to cycling and walking in COPD patients with GOLD Stages I–IV by Vasilopoulou, M.K, Vogiatzis, I, Nasis, I, Spetsioti, S, Cherouveim, E, Koskolou, M, Kortianou, E.A, Louvaris, Z, Kaltsakas, G, Koutsoukou, A, Koulouris, N.G, Alchanatis, M

“…Highlights ► Abnormalities in respiratory system mechanics induce negative cardiovascular effects during exercise in patients with COPD. ► It is anticipated…”
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Meloxicam‐induced pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia: a case report by Karakatsani, A., Chroneou, A., Koulouris, N. G., Orphanidou, D., Jordanoglou, J.

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