{"id":678,"date":"2022-03-21T20:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/?p=678"},"modified":"2022-06-27T16:09:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T16:09:28","slug":"patient-reported-outcomes-2-14-11-36-9-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/?p=678","title":{"rendered":"Letter from the editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">ACHAIKI IATRIKI | 2022; 41(1): 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Letter from the editor<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/wp-content\/PDF\/41-1_LetterFromTheEditor.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-123 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pdf-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pdf-icon.png 48w, https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pdf-icon-45x45.png 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 48px) 100vw, 48px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Dear colleagues,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the current issue, the editorial by Tzakis et al. describes in detail the operation of uterus transplantation, from the original concept up to human trials through a very interesting personal experience. The editorial by Tourkochristou et al. provides the latest information on the new SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern Omicron, including its genetic profile, its characteristics, and its impact on the immune system and vaccination against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The original article by Merekoulias et al. investigates the outbreak of COVID-19 cases in a rehabilitation center and examines the evidence on the preventive effect of vaccination. In addition, this study evaluates the association between viral load and severity of COVID-19 disease. Moreover, this issue includes the review by Kitsou et al. on the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on management guidelines and the actions taken in the Radiation Oncology Department within a tertiary public Hospital. The review, by Papantoniou et al. presents important elements on primary colorectal cancer prevention and the role of primary care physicians in this setting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lastly, this issue includes a case report by Bousis et al. which depicts an unusual case of tuberculosis in a 27-years old male, previously healthy, who was presented with a solid neck mass without any other associated features of the disease, highlighting the need for clinicians to include tuberculosis in the differential diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Yours sincerely<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">C. Triantos<br \/>\nAssistant Professor in Internal Medicine<br \/>\nand Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine,<br \/>\nSchool of Health Sciences, University of Patras<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Editor-in-Chief of the journal \u201cACHAIKI IATRIKI\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACHAIKI IATRIKI | 2022; 41(1): 6 Letter from the editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-volume-41-2022-issue-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":782,"href":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/achaiki-iatriki.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}