PRE-HOSPITAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES SERVICES ACTIVITY DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IN AN URBAN SETTING, IN GREECE: FOCUSED CASES

COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented citation for the healthcare system; such that its effects are now started to become obvious. The main aim of this report is to describe the time trends of utilization of prehospital emergency medical system in a region of northern Greece from first confirmed case of the COVID-19 in the country, at 26/02/2020, till the first order for loosing lockdown at 04/05/2020. Use of data retrospectively collected for PEMS usage, in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Northern Greece 26/02/2020, till the first order for loosing lockdown at 04/05/2020. The area of interest represents a little more than 10% of the total population of Greece. Daily cases of selected categories (suicides, assaults, animal bites, cardiac arrests, and car accidents) were recorded. Comparison with the daily cases in the previous 2 years (2019,2018), for the same period was performed. Continue reading →

Category: 2020, 2020b, Observational Articles
Keywords: covid-19, emergency medicine, lockdown, prehospital emergency medical services
Authors (a/b order): Allios D., Apostolidis K., Aslanidis Th., Charitidou S., Iliadis K., Karabelidou Ch., Nikolaidou O., Syrmou E., Tsioupa A.

Pre-hospital medical emergencies services activity over 10 years in an urban setting, in Greece.

Prehospital emergency medical services (PEMS) are becoming more and more sophisticated as more point-of–care advanced medical technology is available in the field. Yet, the literature around the subject is limited, as data come mainly from Northern Europe, USA, Canada and New Zealand. The aim of this analysiswas to describe time trends of PEMS activity in a region of northern Greece.Use of data retrospectively collected for PEMS usage, in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Northern Greece from 2006 to 2015. The area of interest represents a little more than 10% of the total population of Greece.Total utilization of PEMS shows an overall l4.03% decrease over the decade; yet with an increase in the 2 last years.The mean rate of use was 69/1000 inhabitants for ambulance services and 1.5/1000 for medical interventions (MICU).

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Category: 2016, 2016c, Clinical Studies
Keywords: emergency medicine, prehospital emergency medical services, public health
Authors (a/b order): Aslanidis Th., Charitidou S., Iliadis K., Karabelidou Ch., Matsikoudi Ch., Nikolaidou O., Syrmou E., Tsioupa A.

Epidural anesthesia for Caesarian section in a parturient with partially repaired complex cyanotic congenital heart disease. Review of the literature.

The Fontan procedure and its modifications is the definitive therapy for a number of congenital heart diseases. Anesthesia for semi-elective Caeserian section in a pregnant woman with a history of such surgery history can be a real challenge due to probability of high perioperative morbidity and mortality. We present the anesthetic management of a young parturient with a history of a partially repaired complex cyanotic congenital heart disease and perform a literature review.

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Category: 2015, 2015a, Case Reports
Keywords: congenital heart disease, epidural anesthesia, Fontan procedure, pregnancy
Authors (a/b order): Aslanidis Th., Balaouras D., Charitidou S., Mameletzi S., Moutsianos G.

Review of statistical methods reported in oral presentations during seven Greek national anesthesiology conferences

The application of statistical methods in order to extract safer conclusions from samples of medical data has become a key methodology for synthesis and evaluation in any medical research. This study makes a retrospective overview of statistical methods used for oral presentations in the summaries of Greek anesthesia conferences and tries to “capture” the change in the use of statistics in recent years. Nine hundred and twenty five oral presentations from seven Greek anesthesia conferences were included for further analysis.

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Category: 2013, Review Articles
Keywords: anesthesiology, oral presentations, statistics
Authors (a/b order): Anagnostara E., Aslanidis K., Aslanidis Th., Charitidou S., Georgopoulou E., Matiaki E., Milonas A.

Medical Emergency Teams based on anesthesiologists II

The essential contribution of medical emergency teams (M.E.T) is to decrease the frequency of sudden deaths and the pointless transportation of patients in the intensive care units. The aim of the present study is to record the number and the type of emergency in-hospital calls, the clinical follow up and outcome, the departments and the staff of hospital that were covered by M.E.T (medical and/or nursing) that participated in them, the medications that were used, and the number of involved individuals per incident, as well as the type of monitoring and the fluids that were used. This study covered a 5 months period of emergency calls.

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