Evaluation of five different questionnaires for assessing sleep apnea syndrome in a sleep clinic

A Pataka, E Daskalopoulou, G Kalamaras, KF Passa… - Sleep medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a major cause of
morbidity and mortality. Different clinical models and questionnaires have been used to …

The financial crisis has an impact in sleep medicine: experience of a sleep clinic in Greece

A Pataka, N Chavouzis, K Fekete Passa, G Pitsiou… - Sleep and …, 2013 - Springer
Objective Greece has entered a long period of economic crisis with adverse effects in daily
life. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of the economic crisis on the population …

Is it just an infection?

A Pataka, SC Kotoulas, E Sourla, E Panagiotidou… - Breathe, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
A 75-year-old man (body mass index 24.49 kg·m −2 ) presents to the emergency department
with fever, myalgia and dyspnoea, which he has had for the last 4 days. He quit smoking 15 …

Validation of the stop bang questionnaire in a sleep clinic in Greece for the prediction of obstructive sleep apnea

A Pataka, N Chavouzis, KF Passa, V Bagalas, G Pitsiou… - 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background: Stop Bang(SB) is a simple questionnaire effective to identify patients at risk for
postoperative complications because of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome(OSAS). Aim: To …

Prognostic factors affecting smoking cessation: A real-life study in a population of Greek smokers visited a smoking cessation clinic.

…, A Stefanidou, E Chatzopoulos, K Fekete-Passa… - …, 2019 - search.ebscohost.com
BACKGROUND: Smoking is a chronic disease not only responsible for numerous premature
deaths every year, but also for substantial financial burden on health systems. Greece is …

Economic crisis affects smoking cessation: Greek experience

A Pataka, A Stefanidou, A Paspala, E Sourla… - 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background: Greece maintains one of the highest levels of smoking (40%). During economic
crisis cigarette consumption seems to decrease. Economic problems possibly affect …

The attitudes of Greeks towards second-hand smoke and the anti-tobacco legislation

A Passa, I Agtzidis, M Tsaousidou, KF Passa - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Greece had according to Eurobarometer 2017 the highest rates of secondhand smoke
exposure in the European Union (87%). The main aim of this study was to understand the …

Rosenberg self-esteem evaluation is correlated with insomnia, not with sleep apnea

N Chavouzis, K Fekete-Passa, A Pataka, G Kalamaras… - 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Introduction: The Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES) is widely used to evaluate one9s level
of confidence in social sciences and medicine and is a parameter of one9s level of quality …

Α 78-year-old female who presents with a non-resolving pneumonia: what is your diagnosis?

…, V Bikos, V Bagalas, K Fekete-Passa… - Breathe, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
A 78-year-old white female (body mass index 32.3 kg·m −2 ) presented with low grade fever,
cough, dyspnoea and weakness that did not resolve 2 weeks after being treated with …

Can questionnaires improve the screening value of oximetry for assessing sleep apnea syndrome?

A Pataka, E Daskalopoulou, G Kalamaras… - 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background: Oximetry has been used as a cheap indicator of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea
syndrome (OSAHS). Several questionnaires have been used in order to identify OSAHS…