Georgios Papaioannou, Nikolaos Evangelinakis, Nikolaos Papantoniou 3rd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Correspondence: Nikolaos Papantoniou, MD, PhD, V. Sofias Ave 82, Athens 11528, e-mail: npapant@gmail.com Abstract Background: Twin- to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) affects approximately 15% of monochorionic twin pregnancies with an estimated incidence of 1 Read More
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Research Article
Assessment of gynaecological and general history parameters inpregnant women in long term refugee camps in Greece: results from a pilot program
Vasilios Pergialiotis, Chryssoula Botsi, Ioanna Papari, Stavroula Gkritziou, Kassiani Mellou, S. Pappas, Agis Terzidis, Theofilos Rosenberg
Objective:The purpose of the present article is to present preliminary data related to the gynecological history and current health status of pregnant refugees that reside in long-term refugee camps in Greece. Materials and Methods: The study was funded by the European program “PHILOS – Emergency health response to refugee crisis” of the Greek Ministry of Health, implemented by the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDCP), funded by the Asylum…
Research
Vaginal birth after cesarean section in Greece and the contribution of the midwives
Nousia Konstantina, Michalopoulos George, Grigoriadis Charalampos, Stournaras Stamatis, Brezeanou Christina, Vrachnis Nikolaos, Farmakides George
Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine the success rate and safety of vaginal delivery after cesarean section, as well as the value of midwives’ contribution in these cases. Material and Methods: This was a retrospective clinical study, including women diagnosed with singleton uncomplicated pregnancies and history of one or more previous cesarean sections, who underwent trial of labor, supported by midwives …
Letter to the Editor
Greece’s economic recession hits her youngest citizens: Children abandoned in hospitals
Iliodromiti Zoe, Vlachadis Nikolaos, Vlachadi Maria, Kalantaridou Sofia, Vrachnis Nikolaos
In the end of 2008, Greece entered the country’s deepest recession in peacetime history, with the unemployment rate increasing from 7.9% to 26.0% from the fourth trimester of 2008 to the fourth trimester of 2012. By 2012, Greece had the highest atrisk – of – poverty rate (23.1%) among the 28 countries of the European Union …