FUNCTIONAL CONTROL OF LUNGS, BRONCHOSCOPY AND HYPERBARIC OXYGEN - THERAPY

Department: Surgical Nursing
Laboratory: Laboratory of Pulmonary Function Testing, Bronchoscopy and Hyperbaric Medicine – Sleep Medicine Unit
Director: Professor Pavlos Myrianthefs, Pulmonary & Critical Care

Laboratory Contact Details

• General & Oncological Hospital of Kifissia,  “OI AGIOI ANARGYROI”, Kalyftaki, N. Kifissia 14564 Greece
  Telephone: 00302103501171-172

Room / Building

• Central building, 1^st floor

General Description

Established in 1996 (Π.Δ. 270/1996 ΦΕΚ 195/Α/1996), set up in 1998 ΦΕΚ 752/Β/1998) at General & Oncological Hospital of Kifissia, “OI AGIOI ANARGYROI”.

The laboratory is currently working at Agioi Anargyroi Hospital after the recent resolution of the Ministry of Health Υ4α/77048/2007 (ΦΕΚ 1088Β/2-7-2007)

The laboratory serves educational, research, nursing and clinical purposes in the area of Critical Care, Pulmonary and Hyperbaric Medicine (Π.Δ. 270/1996 ΦΕΚ 195/Α/1996).

It has two main clinical activities [Πδ 121 (ΦΕΚ 110/α/2000)]

A)     Sleep Medicine Unit

B)     Center for evaluation and documentation for home mechanical ventilation

Laboratory Staff

• Professor Pavlos Myrianthefs, pmiriant[at]nurs[dot]uoa[dot]gr  

Other Staff

• • Efi Kontou, RN
  • Maria Florou, RN

   

  Scientific Collaborators

  • Alexandra Gavala, Pulmonologist - Intensivist, alexandra[dot]gavala[at]gmail[dot]com
  • Anna Korompeli, RN, MsC, PhD, EDIP akorompe[at]nurs[dot]uoa[dot]gr

Laboratory Courses (undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum) - taught in the laboratory

Undergraduate Program

• First Aid, 3^rd semester
• Pulmonology – Nursing in Pulmonary Diseases, 7^th Semester
• Mechanical Ventilation, 8^th Semester

Postgraduate Program

• Advanced Clinical Nursing:

  1. Transporting of the Critically Ill, prehospital Care and Telemedicine, 3^rd semester , “Advanced Clinical Nursing”
  2. Sleep breathing disorders, 3^rd semester, “Advanced Clinical Nursing”

Infrastructure

• Sleep Unit
• Outpatient Clinic (Pulmonary, Sleep Medicine, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, Asthma, Pulmonary hypertension, Lung infections)
• Pulmonary Function Testing (spirometry, oximetry)
• Home Mechanical Ventilation

Laboratory Research Activities

• Effects of an adverse early life experience on prefrontal cortex structure and function in rodents.
• Effects of mixtures of endocrine distruptors on mouse brain and behaviour- EDC-MixRisk, European Commission DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR RESEARCH & INNOVATION – ΗΟΡΙΖΟΝ 2020
• Phenotyping and archiving of model mammalian genomes - InfrafrontierGR/ Phenotypos, Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs

Publications

• Dagadaki O, Birbas K, Mariolis T, Myrianthefs P. The necessity of the periodical ultrasound assessment of the peripheral venous system in the Intensive Care Unit patients. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2019; In press  
• Fika S, Nanas S, Charitidou E, Myrianthefs P. A novel mortality prediction model for the current population in an adult intensive care unit. Heart & Lung; The Journal of Acute and Critical Care. 2018 Jan - Feb;47(1):10-15.
• Papagiannopoulou A, Stergiannis P, Katsoulas T, Intas G,Myrianthefs P. Characteristics and survival rates in ward patients requiring evaluation by Intensivist in Greece. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 2018; In press  
• Gavala A, Myrianthefs P. Comparison of point-of-care versus central laboratory measurement of hematoctrit, hemoglobin, and electrolyte concentrations. Heart & Lung; The Journal of Acute and Critical Care. 2017; Jul - Aug;46(4):246-250.
• Gavala A, Makris K, Korompeli A, Myrianthefs P. Evaluation of bone metabolism in critically ill patients using CTx and PINP. BioMed Research International. 2016;2016:1951707. doi: 10.1155/2016/1951707.