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1. Serum vitamin D levels in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and level changes after continuous positive airway pressure therapy

Author

Siachpazidou, D.I. Kotsiou, O.S. Stavrou, V. Pastaka, C. Gogou, E. Kechagia, M. Varsamas, C. Economou, N.-T. Zouridis, S. Patrikioy, E. Seitanidis, G. Pinaka, M. Sistou, A. Hatzoglou, C. Gourgoulianis, K.I.

Subjects
nervous system diseases, respiratory tract diseases
Abstract

Purpose: Patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) have been found to exhibit lower serum vitamin D levels, even when the control groups are matched for confounding conditions. However, contradictory studies are also present. This study aimed to compare serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels between adult patients with OSAS and non-apneic controls and to evaluate the changes in 25(OH)D levels after 3 and 12 months of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. Methods: The study was comprised of 30 patients with OSAS and 30 controls. Serum 25(OH)D levels were determined at baseline and after 3 and 12 months of CPAP therapy in all patients with OSAS. For analysis, patients with OSAS were divided into subgroups by adherence, with adherence defined as CPAP usage for > 4 h per night on at least 70% of nights. Results: The 25(OH)D levels were not significantly different between OSAS and control groups at baseline. 25(OH)D levels did not change after 3 and 12 months of CPAP therapy. Patients who were CPAP-adherent showed less reduction in 25(OH)D levels compared with non-adherent ones (21.18 ± 9.3 vs. 12.13 ± 3.8 ng/mL, p = 0.022) after 1 year. The 25(OH)D levels were significantly correlated with higher daily CPAP usage at 3 and 12 months. Mean daily CPAP usage was a significant predictor of serum 25(OH)D levels at 12 months. Conclusions: Patients with OSAS who demonstrated good CPAP adherence showed significantly higher 25(OH)D levels after 1 year compared with those not adequately using CPAP. Long-term good CPAP adherence and highly daily CPAP usage positively affected 25(OH)D levels in patients with OSAS. © 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Published
2021

2. Impact of the financial crisis on COPD burden: Greece as a case study

Author

Kotsiou, O.S. Zouridis, S. Kosmopoulos, M. Gourgoulianis, K.I.

Abstract

Poverty and low socioeconomic status have been associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The current financial crisis has forced millions back into poverty. Greece is one of the countries hit the hardest, and is in the middle of a deep ongoing collapse. There have been early reports stating the apparent effects of the Greek downturn on respiratory health. This review summarises the overall impact of the financial crisis on COPD burden throughout the period of economic downturn by analysing the case study of Greece. In all levels of the healthcare system, current economic restrictions have reduced the capacity to prevent, diagnose and treat COPD in parallel with current higher detection rates of COPD. Remarkably, expenditure on healthcare has been reduced by >25%, resulting in major healthcare equipment shortages. Lower wages (by up to 20%) and higher co-payments of up to 25% of a drug’s purchase price have led to patients struggling to afford inhaled medications. Treatment nonadherence has been reported, resulting in 11.5% more exacerbations and 14.1% more hospitalisations annually, while the mean cost per severe COPD exacerbation has been approximated as €2600. Greece is a noteworthy example illustrating how COPD burden, quality of care and patients’ outcome can be affected by economic crisis. © ERS 2018.

Published
2018

4. De rechtsstaat: van sluitpost naar 'Leitmotiv'

Author

Niemeijer, E., Zouridis, S., Wieringa, Wubbo, Innovatie in de democratische rechtsstaat, Public Law & Governance, Tilburg Institute of Governance, and Faculty of Law

Published
2016

11. Aanjagers en de bureaucratie

Author

Zouridis, S., Tops, P.E.W.M., Thaens, M., Valkenburg, B., Wijnants, L., and Public Law & Governance

Published
2014

14. Report trends, policies and future challenges in economic, demographic, legal, social and environmental field and their territorial dimensions

Author

Biosca, O., Ulied, A., Carreras, B., Zagamé, P., Boitier, B., Torrenti, R., Belligoli, S., Gros, D., van der Erf, R.F., van der Gaag, N.L. (Nicole), Goujon, A., Samir, K.C., Markandya, A., Gonzalez, M., Dhavala, K., Peterson, K., Kuldna, P., Jonkhoff, W., Karbuz, S., Zouridis, S., Simon, M.J., Böhme, K., Jaeger, S., Bina, O., Rogut, A., Piasecki, B., Sessa, C., Ricci, A., and Giuffre, G.

Published
2013

15. Review paper covering existing literature on FLA studies

Author

Boitier, B., Lancesseur, N., van der Gaag, N.L. (Nicole), van der Erf, R.F., Philipov, D., Goujon, A., Jonkhoff, W., Ypma, J., Gramatikov, M., Zouridis, S., Simon, M.J., Jaeger, S., Toptsidou, M., Bina, O., Dhavala, K., and Arto, I.

Published
2013

21. On legal strategy in the Netherlands

Author

Niemeijer, E., van Beek, K., Muller, S., Zouridis, S., Legal Theory and Legal History, and Non-programmatic Research - Law

Published
2012

36. Law, society and normativity

Author

Larouche, P., Muller, S., Zouridis, S., Frishman, M., Kistemaker, L., and Tilburg Law and Economic Center (TILEC)

Subjects
ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING
Published
2011

38. An Imminent Implosion of Legal Systems

Author

Ritzen, J., Heringa, A.W., Muller, S., Zouridis, S., Frishman, M ., Kistemaker, L., Public Law, RS: FdR IC Constitutionele proces., RS: FdR Institute MCEL, and RS: FdR Institute Montesquieu

Published
2011

41. The future of the city and the international law of the future

Author

Nijman, J.E., Muller, S., Zouridis, S., Frishman, M., Kistemaker, L., and IRL Prog 2009-2016 (ACIL, FdR)

Abstract

Janne Nijman observes that globalisation is accompanied by urbanisation, and that many - if not most - of the challenges of globalisation come to the fore in cities: environmental pollution, crime, inequality, migration, cultural diversity, unemployment; to name a few. She distinguishes between the private city (the collective of private economic interests) and the public city (the city governments who increasingly operate as global actors). In her article she presents six propositions on how the public city will affect international law. She sees that direct links between cities and global institutions will intensify. This is already very visible in the area of environmental law, with NGO‘s facilitating these links. Cities will also be implementers of international law of their own accord, thus bypassing the state. Connected with this, Janne Nijman envisages that the international law of the future will 'de-formalise‘; following local judges city governments will apply it simply by way of 'persuasive authority‘. Last but not least, cities themselves will directly become part of the processes of international rule making. Given all this, cities will increasingly become actors in the making of international law and informal rules. They will be significant influencers of international negotiations. Proceeding from these phenomena, Nijman even asks the question whether cities will, in the future, acquire the status of international legal person, alongside that of states. Such a formal development would all the more change the statecentric system of today into the multi-actor system of the future.

Published
2011

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