Awards

AWARDS’ RESULTS

Presented during the 10^th EFIM – 17^th HSIM Congress Athens

On Saturday, October 8^th, 2011 by the Hellenic Society of Internal Medicine

BEST ORAL PRESENTATIONS

1^st Award

OP22. MYCOPHENOLATE FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS: PROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF ITS EFFICACY AND SAFETY FOR INDUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF REMISSION IN A LARGE COHORT OF PATIENTS

Kalliopi Zachou^1,2, Nikolaos Gatselis^1,2, Georgia Papadamou¹, Eirini I. Rigopoulou^1,2, George N. Dalekos^1,2

1. Department of Medicine and Research Lab of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

2. Institute of Biomedical Research and Technology, Centre for Research and Technology-Thessaly (CE.RE.TE.TH), Larissa, Greece

2^nd Award

OP59. EVALUATION OF LIVER ENZYMES FOR THE PREDICTION OF VIREMIA IN ASYMPTOMATIC CHRONIC HBV INFECTED PREGNANT WOMEN (“ELENA” STUDY)

Ioannis Elefsiniotis¹, Hero Brokalaki¹, Evangelos Argyropoulos¹, Ioanna Magaziotou², Aggeliki Derdemezi², Irene Glynou³, Stefanos Pappas⁴, Constantinos Mihas¹, George Farmakidis⁴, Konstantinos Tsoumakas²

1. University Department of Internal Medicine-Hepatology Unit, “Elena Venizelou” Maternal and Perinatal Hospital, Athens, Greece

2. University Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Nursing, Athens, Greece

3. Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, “Elena Venizelou” Maternal and Perinatal Hospital, Athens, Greece

4. 6th Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Elena Venizelou” Maternal and Perinatal Hospital, Athens, Greece

3^rd Award

OP25. CURRENT PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF 7148 PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN INTERNAL MEDICINE AND CARDIOLOGY UNITS: THE ATA-AF SURVEY

Domenico Panuccio¹, Gualberto Gussoni², Stefano Di Marco³, Fabrizio Colombo⁴, Carlo Nozzoli⁵, Giorgio Vescovo⁶, Donata Lucci⁷, Antonella Valerio², Giuseppe Di Pasquale⁸, Giovanni Mathieu⁹

1. Internal Medicine B, “Maggiore” Hospital, Bologna, Italy

2. Research Department FADOI Foundation, Milano, Italy

3. Cardiology Department, Hospital of Val di Nievole, Pescia, Italy

4. Internal Medicine I, “Niguarda” Hospital, Milano, Italy

5. Internal Medicine, “Careggi” Hospital, Firenze, Italy

6. Internal Medicine, Hospital “San Bortolo” Vicenza, Italy

7. ANMCO Research Center, Firenze, Italy

8. Cardiology Department, “Maggiore” Hospital, Bologna, Italy

9. Internal Medicine, Hospital of Pinerolo, Italy

BEST POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1^st Award

PP345. LONG-TERM PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF PRO-BNP IN PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Jose Luis Alonso-Martinez, Francisco Javier Anniccherico-Sαnchez, Miren Urbieta Echezarreta, Sara Pιrez Ricarte

Internal Medicine, Department A. Hospital Complex of Navarra Pamplona, Navarra, Spain

2^nd Award

PP342. CHARACTERIZATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PROPHYLAXIS IN AN INTERNAL MEDICINE NURSERY

Clαudio Quintaneiro, Ana Linda Borges, Maria Joγo Lobγo, Rosαrio Marinheiro, Amιlia Pereira

Internal Medicine, Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz, Figueira da Foz, Portugal

3^rd Award

PP268. ASSOCIATION OF ANTIDIABETIC MEDICATION TO LONG TERM PROGNOSIS AFTER AN ISCHEMIC STROKE

Vassilios Dragoumanos¹, Evangelos Fousteris¹, Vivi Gavra², Maria Vourvou³, Ioannis Kanellos¹, Alexandra Gougoutsi², Andreas Melidonis^{1, 2}

1. Diabetes Center, Tzanio General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

2. 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Tzanio General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

3. Intensive Care Unit, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

“DR. HERCULES FILLIS” AWARD

OP58. CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (CDSS) FOR NON-SPECIALISTS REDUCES DIABETIC HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS BY MORE THAN 50%

Catherine Woodward¹, Abdul Mohamed¹, Pauline Thomson¹, Fahed Al-Daour¹, Roger Lane², Jakob Gunge², George Thomson^{1, 3}

1. Department of Endocrinology, Kingsmill Hospital, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK

2. Roger Lane Consulting Ltd, Penshurst Cottage, Leigh Road, Havant, Hants, UK

3. Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield, UK

OP61. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EVALUATION OF ABDOMINAL PAIN IN ELDERY PATIENTS

Apostolos Pappas¹, Hara Toutouni¹, Emmanuel Lagoudianakis², Vasiliki Drantaki¹, George Andrianopoulos¹, Athanasios Panoutsopoulos¹, Manousos Konstantoulakis², Vaggelogiannis Katergiannakis²

1. Internal Medicine Department, General Hospital of Argos, Greece

2. First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippokrateion General Hospital, Athens Medical School, University of Athens, Greece