A growing body of evidence implicates the human microbiome as a potentially influential
player actively engaged in shaping the pathogenetic processes underlying the endotypes and …

Purpose. This is a secondary analysis of previously published data to investigate the effects
of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) on strength of various muscle groups in critically ill …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with a
course that is not uniform for all COPD patients. Although smoking is considered as the major …

Importance Injury of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is one of the most serious complications
of thyroid surgery. Intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) has been introduced to verify …

… Ioannis Vasileiadis involved in conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and
interpretation of data, drafting, writing and revising the article. Efthimios Karakostas involved in …

Background Prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stay of patients after cardiac surgery has a
major impact on overall cost and resource utilization. The aim of this study was to identify …

Introduction Critical illness polyneuromyopathy (CIPNM) is a common complication of critical
illness presenting with muscle weakness and is associated with increased duration of …

Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common histological type of
differentiated thyroid malignancy. Although the majority of PTC is located in the thyroid lobes, a …

Introduction Intensive care may prolong the dying process in patients who have been
unresponsive to the treatment already provided. Limitation of life-sustaining therapy, by either …

Background Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is associated with an increased risk of developing
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The relationship between thyroid autoimmunity and cancer …