Curriculum vitae (10-12-2013) Name: Address: Tel: Fax: E-mail: Date of birth: Georgopoulos Dimitris, Professor of Medicine Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, P.O. Box 1352, Heraklion, 711 10, Crete, Greece +30-810-320084 (Home) +30-810-392636 (Hospital) +30-6944727501 (Mobile) +30-810-392636 georgop@med.uoc.gr 12/3/1955 Education - Titles - Positions held 1973-1980: 25/2/1980: 1980-1982: 13/7/80 - 15/9/81 Medical School, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece Medical Diploma Military Service Resident, Internal Medicine, 424 Military General Hospital, Thessaloniki 16/9/80 - 28/2/82 Country Service, General Practitioner, Dafni, Euritania 2/7/82-26/2/1986: Resident, Pulmonary and Critical Care Department, General Hospital "G. Papanicoloau", Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 12/5/1986: Pulmonologist 7/4/86-7/6/87: Health Center of Diavata, Thessaloniki, Greece 10/9/1986 Evaluating Examination of Medical Council of Canada (Pass), Paris, France 28/6/1987-4/7/1989: Research Fellow, Respiratory Investigation Unit, Section of Respiratory Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. 4/6/1988-20/6/1988: Visiting Research Fellow (University of Manitoba), Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Physiology, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA 20/9/1988: Fellow of Canadian Lung Association (Rank first) 1/9/1987-31/1/1994: Attending Physician, Pulmonary and Critical Care Department, General Hospital "G. Papanicolaou", Faculty of Medicine, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 1993 Member of the Task Force for Consensus Statement of ERS concerning "Optimal assessment and management of COPD" 1/2/1994-3/2/1995: Associate Investigator, Section of Respiratory Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. 1 1994-present Reviewer in "Journal of Applied Physiology", "The European Respiratory Journal", "American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine", "Intensive Care Medicine", "Respiration". 4/2/1995-19/10/1996:Attending Physician, Pulmonary and Critical Care Department, General Hospital "G. Papanicolaou", Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 20/10/1996-2003 Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Intensive Care Unit, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete 11/01/2003-Present Professor of Medicine Director of Intensive Care Unit, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete Invited Speaker (other than Greek Societies) >100 President (Moderator) in International Congress. >40 Chapters in Medical Books (International) No. 28 Publications (Peer Review International Journals) No. 110 (Pub Med) No. 119 (Scopus) Publications (International Medical Journals) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Effects of Ipratropium Bromide on repeated methacholine challenges. D. Giulekas, N. Tsakalos, D. Georgopoulos, D. Papakosta, V. Sitis, C. Vamvalis. Ann Allergy 1985; 55:835-39. Influence of Pindolol on asthmatics and effect of bronchodilators. D. Giulekas, D. Georgopoulos, D. Papakosta, H. Antoniadou, C. Vamvalis. Respiration 1986; 50:15866. Der Einflub of Fenoterol und Disodiumcromoglykat auf den Methacholinprovokationstest bei Asthma Bronchiale. D. Giulekas, D. Georgopoulos, N. Tsakalos, D. Riggos, C. Vamvalis. Praxis und Klinik der Pneumologie 1986; 40:167-72. Effect of Captopril in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and secondary pulmonary hypertension. D. Patakas, D. Georgopoulos, H. Rodini, P. Christaki. Postgr Med J 1988; 64:193-95. Interactive effects of systematically administered Salbutamol and Aminophylline in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. D. Georgopoulos, D. Wong, N.R. Anthonisen. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988; 138:1499-1503. Effects of CO2 breathing on ventilatory response to sustained hypoxia in normal adults. D. Georgopoulos, D. Berezanski, N.R. Anthonisen. J Appl Physiol 1989; 66:1071-78. 2 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Effects of Salbutamol, Ipratropium Bromide and Cromolyn Sodiun on Prostaglandin F2a induced bronchospasm. D. Georgopoulos, D. Giulekas, G. Ilonidis, L. Sichletidis. Chest 1989; 96:809-814. Tolerance to B2 agonists in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. D. Georgopoulos, D. Wong, N.R. Anthonisen. Chest 1990; 97:280-4. Continuous oxygen therapy for the chronically hypoxemic patient. D. Georgopoulos, N.R. Anthonisen. Annu Rev Med 1990; 41:223-30. Aminophylline effects on ventilatory response to hypoxia and hyperoxia in normal adults. D. Georgopoulos, S. Holtby, D. Berezanski, N.R. Anthonisen. J Appl Physiol 1989; 67:1150-56.. Increased chemoreceptor output and ventilatory response to sustained hypoxia. D. Georgopoulos, S. Walker, N.R. Anthonisen. J Appl Physiol 1989; 67:1157-63. Are steroids useful in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? D. Georgopoulos, N.R. Anthonisen. Pulmonary Perspectives 1989; 6(2):6-8. Effect of Dichloroacetate on ventilatory response to sustained hypoxia in normal adults. D. Georgopoulos, D. Berezanski, N.R. Anthonisen. Respir Physiol 1990; 82:115-22. Effect of sustained hypoxia on ventilatory response to CO2 in normal adults. D. Georgopoulos, S. Walker, N.R. Anthonisen. J Appl Physiol 1990; 68:891-6. Hypoxic exposure and activation of the afterdischarge mechanism in conscious humans. D. Georgopoulos, Z. Bshouty, M. Younes, N.R. Anthonisen. J Appl Physiol 1990; 69:1159-64. Hypoxic exposure and activation of afterdischarge mechanism. D. Georgopoulos, Z. Bshouty, M. Younes, N.R. Anthonisen. Chest 1990; 97:58S Ventilatory response to sustained hypoxia in elderly humans. M Ahmed, C.G. Giesbrecht, C. Serrette, D. Georgopoulos, N.R. Anthonisen. Respir Physiol 1991; 83:343-51. Respiratory short-term post-stimulus potentiation (afterdischarge) in elderly humans. Ahmed M, C.G. Giesbrecht, C. Serrette, D. Georgopoulos, N.R. Anthonisen. Respir Physiol 1993; 93:165-73. How is maximal expiratory flow reduced in canine post-pneumonectomy lung growth? D. Georgopoulos, S.N. Mink, L. Oppenheimer, N.R. Anthonisen. J Appl Physiol 1991; 834-40. Respiratory short-term post-stimulus potentiation (afterdischarge) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. D. Georgopoulos, E. Giannouli, V. Tsara, P. Argiropoulou, D. Patakas, N.R. Anthonisen. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992; 146:1250-1255. Effect of extrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure on mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and dynamic hyperinflation. D. Georgopoulos, E. Giannouli, D. Patakas. Intensive Care Med 1993; 19:197-203. Buspirone effects on breathlessness and exercise performance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. P. Argiropoulou, D. Patakas, A. Koukou, P. Vasiliadis, D. Georgopoulos. Respiration 1993; 60:216-20. Factors determining lobar emptying during maximal and partial forced deflations in nonhogeneous airway obstruction in dogs. D. Georgopoulos, A. Gomez, S. Mink. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 149:1241-7. Effect of hypoxic sensitivity on decay of respiratory short-term potentiation. D. Georgopoulos, I. Mitrouska, P. Argyropoulou, D. Patakas, N.R. Anthonisen. Chest 1995; 107:150-155. ERS - Consensus Statement. Optimal assessment and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). N.M. Siafakas, P. Vermeire, N.B. Pride, P. 3 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. Paoleti, J. Gibson, P. Howard, J.C. Yernault, M. Decramer, T. Hingenbottam, D.S. Postma, J. Rees, on behalf of the Task Force. Eur Respir J, 1995; 8:1398-1420. Effects of breathing pattern on mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and dynamic hyperinflation. D. Georgopoulos, I. Mitrouska, K. Markopoulou, D. Patakas, N.R. Anthonisen. Intensive Care Med 1995; 21:880-886. Ventilatory post-stimulus potentiation in patients with brain damage. D Gergopoulos, I. Mitrouska, K. Koletsos, K. Markopoulou, D. Riggos, D. Patakas, N.R. Anthonisen. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 152:1627-1632. Effects of breathing route, temperature and volume of inspired gas and airway anesthesia on the response of respiratory output to varying inspiratory flow. D Georgopoulos, I. Mitrouska, Z. Bshouty, K. Webster, N.R. Anthonisen, M. Younes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 153:168-175. Effects of NREM sleep on the response of respiratory output to varying inspiratory flow. D. Georgopoulos, I. Mitrouska, Z. Bshouty, N.R. Anthonisen, M. Younes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996; 153:1624-1630. Control of breathing in mechanically ventilated patient. D. Georgopoulos, C. Roussos. Eur Respir J 1996; 9:2151-2160. Effects of mechanical ventilation on control of breathing. D. Georgopoulos, M. Anastasaki, K. Katsanoulas. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 1997; 52:253-262 Effects of respiratory muscle unloading on respiratory motor output. D. Georgopoulos, I. Mitrouska, Z. Bshouty, M. Younes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 155:20002009 Respiratory response to CO2 during pressure-support ventilation in conscious humans. D. Georgopoulos, I. Mitrouska, Z. Bshouty, D. Patakas, M. Younes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 156:146-154. Effects of pulmonary and intercostal denervation on the response of respiratory output to varying inspiratory flow. I. Mitrouska, Z. Bshouty, M. Younes, D. Georgopoulos. Eur Respir J 1998; 11: 885-90. Bronchodilator delivery by metered-dose inhaler in mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Influence of end-inspiratory pause. Mouloudi L, Katsanoulas K, Anastasaki M, E. Askitopoulou, D. Georgopoulos. Eur Respir J 1998; 12:165-9. Proportional assist ventilation: an alternative approach to wean the patient. D. Georgopoulos. Eur J Anaesthesiol 1998; 15:756-60. Surgery and the respiratory muscles. N.M. Siafakas, I. Mitrouska, D. Bouros, D. Georgopoulos. Thorax 1999; 54:458-65. Effects of chemical feedback on respiratory motor and ventilatory output during different modes of assisted mechanical ventilation. I. Mitrouska, N. Xirouchaki, D. Patakas, N. Siafakas, D. Georgopoulos. Eur Respir J 1999; 13:873-82. Effects of assisted mechanical ventilation on control of breathing. N. Xirouchaki, D. Georgopoulos. Intensivmed 1999; 36:163-173. Response of respiratory motor output to varying pressure support level in mechanically ventilated patients. N. Xirouchaki, E. Kondili, I. Mitrouska, N. Siafakas, D. Georgopoulos. Eur Respir J 1999; 14:508-516 Reversible platypnea and orthodeoxia after surgical removal of an hydatid cyst from the liver. D. Patakas, G. Pitsiou, D. Phillipou, D. Georgopoulos, E. Mavrofridis. Eur Respir J 1999; 14:725-727. Remote generalized convulsions following fat embolism syndrome: A case report: G. Prinianakis, G. Chatzakis, S. Hoeing, N. Xiruchaki, D. Georgopoulos. Eur Respir Top 1999; 5:90-92. 4 43. Bronchodilator delivery by metered-dose inhaler in mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – Influence of tidal volume. Mouloudi L, Katsanoulas K, Anastasaki M, Xoing S. D. Georgopoulos. Intensive Care Med 1999;25:1215-1221 44. How to set the ventilator in asthma. D. Georgopoulos, G. Prinianakis, E. Kondili. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 2000;55:74-83. 45. Milky-white pleural effusion in a patient with acute respiratory failure; a case report. Valassiadou K, Prinianakis G, Sanidas E, Tsiftsis D, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med 2000; 26:645-646. 46. Effect of digoxin on global respiratory muscle strength after cholecystectomy: a double blind study. Siafakas N, Stathopoulou M, Tzanakis N, Mitrouska I, Tsoumakidou M, Georgopoulos D. Thorax 2000; 55:497-501. 47. Bronchodilator delivery by metered-dose inhaler in mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Influence of flow pattern. Mouloudi L, Prinianakis G, Kondili E, D. Georgopoulos. Eur Respir J 2000; 16:263-268 48. Bronchodilator delivery with metered-dose inhaler during mechanical ventilation. D. Georgopoulos, Mouloudi E, Kondili E, Klimathianaki M. Crit Care 2000; 4:227-234 49. Low flow pressure-time curve in patients with ARDS. E. Kondili, G. Prinianakis, S. Hoeing, G. Chatzakis, D. Georgopoulos. Intensive Care Med 2000;26:1756-1763. 50. Effects of inspiratory flow rate on beta 2 agonists induced bronchodilation in mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Mouloudi L, Prinianakis G, Kondili E, D. Georgopoulos. Intensive Care Med 2001; 27:42-46. 51. Acute fatal poisoning by methomyl caused by inhaltion and transdermal absorption. A. Tsatsakis, G. Bertsias, I. Mammas, I. Stiakakis, D. Georgopoulos. Toxicology Med 2001; Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2001;66:415-420 52. Duration of salbutamol induced bronchodilation delivered by metered dose inhaler in mechanically ventilated COPD patients. L. Mouloudi, Ch. Maliotakis, E. Kodili, A. Kafetzakis, D. Georgopoulos. Mon Arch Chest Dis 2001; 56:189-194 53. Acute effects of ventilator settings on respiratory motor output in patients with acute lung injury. Kondili E, Prinianakis G, Anastasaki M, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med 2001; 27:1147-1157 54. Aerosol medications. Kondili E, Georgopoulos D. Respir Clin North Am 2002; 8:309334 55. Treatment with aerosols in mechanically ventilated patients - Is it worthwhile? Mouloudi Ε, Georgopoulos D. Cur Opin in Anaesthesiology 2002; 15:103-109. 56. Characteristics and Outcomes in Adult Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation. A 28Day International Study. Adrés Esteban, MD, PhD; Antonio Anzueto, MD; Fernando Frutos, MD; Inmaculada Alía, MD; Laurent Brochard, MD; Thomas E. Stewart, MD; Salvador Benito, MD; Scott K. Epstein, MD; Carlos Apezteguía, MD; Peter Nightingale, MD; Alejandro C. Arroliga, MD; Martin J. Tobin, MD; for the Mechanical Ventilation International Study Group. JAMA 2002; 287:345-355 57. Internal herniation and strangulation of Ileus through a post-traumatic defect of mesentery in an ICU patient. A case report. Athanasakis H, Kafetzakis A, Daskalogianaki M, Chalkiadakis G, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med 2002; 28:523 58. Pattern of lung emptying in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome – Effects of PEEP. Kondili E, Prinianakis G, Athanasakis H, Georgopoulos D. Eur Respir J 2002; 19:811-819 59. Fat embolism syndrome – Clinical Examination is still the preferable diagnostic method. Editorial. Georgopoulos D, Bouros D. Chest 2003; 123; 982-3 5 60. ICU-Acquired Pneumonia - Statement of the Fourth International Consensus Conference in Critical Care. Hubmayr R, Burchardi H, Elliott M, Fessler H, Georgopoulos D, Jubran A, Limper A, Pesenti A, Rubenfeld G, Stewart T, Villar J. Intesnive Care Med 2002; 28:1536-76 61. Patient-Ventilator Interaction. Georgopoulos D, Kondili E. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2003; 91: 106-19. 62. Characteristics and Outcomes in Adult Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation. A 28Day International Study. Adrés Esteban, MD, PhD; Antonio Anzueto, MD; Fernando Frutos, MD; Inmaculada Alía, MD; Laurent Brochard, MD; Thomas E. Stewart, MD; Salvador Benito, MD; Scott K. Epstein, MD; Carlos Apezteguía, MD; Peter Nightingale, MD; Alejandro C. Arroliga, MD; Martin J. Tobin, MD; for the Mechanical Ventilation International Study Group. JAMA 2002; 287:345-355 63. Anemia and Blood Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients. Jean Louis Vincent, JeanFrançois Baron, Konrad Reinhart, Luciano Gattinoni, Lambert Thijs, Andrew Webb, Andreas Meier-Hellmann, Guy Nollet, Daliana Peres-Bota, for the ABC Investigators. JAMA 2002; 288:1499-1507 64. Effects of flow waveform method of triggering and cycling off on patients ventilator interaction. G. Prinianankis, E. Kondili, D. Georgopoulos. Intensive Care Medicine 2003, 29:1950-1959 65. Effects of theophylline on ventilatory poststimulus potentiation in patients with brain damage. Mitrouska I, Kondili E, Prinianakis G, Siafakas N, Georgopoulos D. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Apr 15;167(8):1124-30. 66. Metastatic liver disease and fulminant hepatic failure: presentation of a case and review of the literature. Athanasakis E, Mouloudi E, Prinianakis G, Kostaki M, Tzardi M, Georgopoulos D. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2003 Nov;15(11):1235-40. 67. Pattern of lung emptying and expiratory resistance in mechanically ventilated patients with COPD. Kondili E, Alexopoulou Ch, Prinianakis G, Xirouchaki N, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med 2004; 30:1311-8. 68. Intestinal ischemia as the first manifestation of vasculitis. Passam FH, Diamantis ID, Perisinaki G, Saridaki Z, Kritikos H, Georgopoulos D, Boumpas DT. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Aug;34(1):431-41. 69. Determinants of the cuff-leak test: a physiological study. Prinianakis G, Alexopoulou C, Mamidakis E, Kondili E, Georgopoulos D. Crit Care. 2005 Feb;9(1):R24-31. 70. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation in patients with blunt thoracic trauma. Xirouchaki N, Koumiotaki S, Georgopoulos D. Respiration 2005; 72;517-22 71. New and future developments to improve patient-ventilator interaction. Kondili E, Georgopoulos D. Respir Care Clin N Am. 2005 Jun;11(2):319-39. 72. Patient-ventilator interaction: an overview. Prinianakis G, Kondili E, Georgopoulos D. Respir Care Clin N Am. 2005 Jun;11(2):201-24. 73. Patient-ventilator interaction. Editorial. Georgopoulos D. Respir Care Clin N Am. 2005 Jun;11(2):xv-xvi. 74. Effects of hypoxia and hypercapnia on surfactant protein expression proliferation and apoptosis in A549 alveolar epithelial cells. Vaporidi K, Tsatsanis C, Georgopoulos D, Tsichlis PN. Life Sci 2005; 78:284-93 75. Recombinant human erythropoietin therapy in critically ill patients - A dose response study. Georgopoulos D, Matamis D, Routsi C, Michalopoulos A, Maggina A, Dimopoulos G, Zakynthinos E, Nakos G, Thomopoulos G, Mandragos K, Maniatis A for the Critical Care Clinical Trials Greek Group. Crit Care 2005; 9:R508-R515 76. In patients with obstructive pulmonary disease during controlled ventilation, PEEP decreases dynamic hyperinflation: is this response really "paradoxical"?Kondili E, 6 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. Alexopoulou C, Prinianakis G, Xirouchaki N, Georgopoulos D.Crit Care Med 2005; 33:2860 Waveform analysis during pressure support ventilation Prinianakis G, Kondili E, Koumiotaki S, Georgopoulos D. International Journal of Intensive Care 2005; 12:21-29 Bedside waveform evaluation to identify patient-ventilator interaction. Georgopoulos D, Prinianakis G, Kondili E. Intensive Care Med 2006;32:34-47 Respiratory load compensation during mechanical ventilation-proportional assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors versus pressure support. Kondili E, Prinianakis G, Alexopoulou C, Vakouti E, Klimathianaki M, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med 2006; 32:692 Is there increasing evidence that the risks of rhAPC may outweigh its benefits? Plataki M, Vaporidi K, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med. 2007 Aug;33(8):1485-6. Epub 2007 Jun 12. Short-term cardiorespiratory effects of proportional assist and pressure-support ventilation in patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome. Kondili E, Xirouchaki N, Vaporidi K, Klimathianaki M, Georgopoulos D. Anesthesiology. 2006 Oct;105(4):703-8. Influence of respiratory efforts on b2-agonist induced bronchodilation in mechanically ventilated COPD patients: a prospective clinical study. Malliotakis P, Mouloudi E, Prinianakis G, Kondili E, Georgopoulos D. Respir Med. 2007 Feb;101(2):300-7. Effect of the physical properties of isoflurane, sevoflurane, and desflurane on pulmonary resistance in a laboratory lung model. Nyktari VG, Papaioannou AA, Prinianakis G, Mamidakis EG, Georgopoulos D, Askitopoulou H. Anesthesiology. 2006 Jun;104(6):1202-7. Acute respiratory distress and hemorrhagic shock in a patient 12 days after elective hepatic surgery. Xirouchaki N, Mavrogeni E, Kondili E, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med. 2007 Feb;33(2):368-70. Sleep during proportional-assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors in critically ill patients. Alexopoulou C, Kondili E, Vakouti E, Klimathianaki M, Prinianakis G, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med. 2007 Jul;33(7):1139-47. Current status of proportional assist ventilation. Georgopoulos D, Plataki M, Prinianakis G, Kondili E. Inetrantional Journal of Intensive Care 2007;14:74-83 Effects of inspiratory muscle relaxation on ventilator pressure during pressure support. Prinianakis G, Plataki M, Kondili E, Klimanthianaki M, Vaporidi K, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med Intensive Care Med 2008; 34:70-74 Effects of respiratory rate on ventilator-induced lung injury at constant PaCO2 in a mouse model of normal lung. Vaporidi K, Voloudakis G, Prinianakis G, Kondili E, Koutsopoulos A, Tsatsanis C, Georgopoulos D. Crit Care Med 2008; 36:1277-83 Proporitonal assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors in critically ill patients: Comparison with pressure support. Xirouchaki N, Kondili E, Vaporidi K, Xirouchakis G, Klimathianaki M, Gavriilidis G, Alexandropoulou E, Alexopoulou C, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med 2008; 34:2026-34. Sleep patterns and method of ventilatory assist. Kondili E, Gavrilidis G, Vapodidi K , Babalis, Georgopoulos D. International Journal of Intensive Care 2008 Duration of salmeterol-induced bronchodilation in mechanically ventilated cronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: A prospective study. Malliotakis P, Linardakis M, Gavriilidis G, Georgopoulos D. Crit Care 2008;12:140 Is Proportional Assist ventilation with load adjustable gain factors a friendly-user mode? Xirouchaki N, Kondili E, Klimathianaki M, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med 2009 2009 Sep;35(9):1599-603. 7 93. Estimation of inspiratory muscle pressure in critically ill patients. Kondili E, Alexopoulou C, Xirouchaki N, Vaporidi K, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med 2010 Apr;36(4):648-55. 94. Effect of propofol on breathing stability in adult ICU patients with brain damage. Klimathianaki M, Kondili E, Alexopoulou C, Prinianakis G, Georgopoulos D. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2010 May 31;171(3):232-8. 95. Anifantaki S, Prinianakis G, Vitsaksaki E, Katsouli V, Mari S, Symianakis A, Tassouli G, Tsaka E, Georgopoulos D. Daily interruption of sedative infusions in an adult medical-surgical intensive care unit: randomized controlled trial. 'J Adv Nurs 2009 May;65(5):1054-60. 97. The question of futility and Roger C. Bone. Bitsori M, Georgopoulos D, Galanakis E. Med Health Care Philos 2009 Nov;12(4):477-81. Epub 2009 98. The risk associated with hyperoncotic colloids in patients with shock. Schortgen F, Girou E, Deye N, Brochard L; CRYCO Study Group. Intensive Care Med 2008 Dec;34(12):2157-68. Epub 2008 Aug 7. 99. Do hypooncotic fluids for shock increase the risk of late-onset acute respiratory distress syndrome? Schortgen F, Girou E, Deye N, Brochard L; CRYCO Study Group. Intensive Care Med 2010 Oct;36(10):1724-34. 100. Identifying and relieving asynchrony during mechanical ventilation. Kondili E, Akoumianaki E, Alexopoulou C, Georgopoulos D. Expert Rev Respir Med 2009 Jun;3(3):231-43. 101. Aerosolized plus Intravenous Colistin versus Intravenous Colistin Alone for the Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Matched Case-Control Study. Kofteridis DP, Alexopoulou C, Valachis A, Maraki S, Dimopoulou D, Georgopoulos D, Samonis G. Clin Infect Dis 2010 Dec 1;51(11):1238-44. 102. Lung ultrasound in critically ill patients: comparison with bedside chest radiography. Xirouchaki N, Magkanas E, Vaporidi K, Kondili E, Plataki M, Patrianakos A, Akoumianaki E, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Medicine 2011; 37:1488-93. 103. Respiratory function in patients with pemphigus vulgaris - a small clinical study. Apalla Z, Chloros D, Argyropoulou P, Georgopoulos D, Patakas D, Spanos D, Chaidemenos 104. 105. 106. 106. 105. G. J Dermatol Case Rep. 2011 Mar 26;5(1):1-4 Effect of albuterol on expiratory resistance in mechanically ventilated patients. Kondili E, Alexopoulou C, Prinianakis G, Xirouchaki N, Vaporidi K, Georgopoulos D. Respir Care 2011;56:626-32. Respiratory muscle dysfunction in COPD: from muscles to cell. Klimathianaki M, Vaporidi K, Georgopoulos D. Curr Drug Targets 2011;12:478-88. Comparison of Oligon catheters and chlorhexidine-impregnated sponges with standard multilumen central venous catheters for prevention of associated colonization and infections in intensive care unit patients: a multicenter, randomized, controlled study. Arvaniti K, Lathyris D, Clouva-Molyvdas P, Haidich AB, Mouloudi E, Synnefaki E, Koulourida V, Georgopoulos D, Gerogianni N, Nakos G, Matamis D; Catheter-Related Infections in ICU (CRI-ICU) Group. Crit Care Med. 2012 Feb;40(2):420-9. Defining the needs of ICU patient families in a suburban/rural Greek population: a prospective cohort study. Chatzaki M, Klimathianaki M, Anastasaki M, Chatzakis G, Apostolakou E, Georgopoulos D. J Clin Nurs. 2012 Jul;21(13-14):1831-9. Pulmonary microRNA profiling in a mouse model of ventilator-induced lung injury. Vaporidi K, Vergadi E, Kaniaris E, Hatziapostolou M, Lagoudaki E, Georgopoulos D, Zapol WM, Bloch KD, Iliopoulos D. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2012;303(3):L199-207 8 106. Ineffective efforts during mechanical ventilation. The brain wants the machine declines. Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Medicine 2012 May;38(5):738-40. 107. Effects of propofol on sleep quality in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients – A Physiological study. Eumorfia Kondili, Christina Alexopoulou, Nectaria Xirouchaki and Dimitris Georgopoulos Intensive Care Med 2012 Oct;38(10):1640-6 108. Akt2 Deficiency Protects from Acute Lung Injury via Alternative Macrophage Activation and miR-146a Induction in Mice. Vergadi E, Vaporidi K, Theodorakis EE, Doxaki C, Lagoudaki E, Ieronymaki E, Alexaki VI, Helms M, Kondili E, Soennichsen B, Stathopoulos EN, Margioris AN,Georgopoulos D, Tsatsanis C. J Immunol 2013; In press 109. Impact of lung ultrasound on clinical decision making in critically ill patients. Xirouchaki N, Kondili E, Prinianakis G, Malliotakis P, Georgopoulos D. Intensive Care Med 2013; In press. 110. 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