Issue 1/2011
Content (65 Articles)
Vitamin D insufficiency: a common and treatable problem in the Irish population
G. O’Malley, E. Mulkerrin
Jonathan Osborne (1794–1864) and his recognition of conduction aphasia in 1834
C. S. Breathnach
Epilepsy audit: do we document everything?
M. Iqbal, S. Bilal, S. Sarwar, R. P. Murphy
An audit of the impact of a stroke unit in an acute teaching hospital
R. Lannon, A. Smyth, E. C. Mulkerrin
Factors affecting return to driving post-stroke
K. M. Tan, A. O’Driscoll, D. O’Neill
Pneumococcal meningitis: clinical outcomes in a pre-vaccine era at a Dublin paediatric hospital, 1999–2007
J. M. Lucey, P. Gavin, M. Cafferkey, K. M. Butler
A review of 100 consecutive sutureless child and adult circumcisions
F. T. D’Arcy, S. Q. Jaffry
Negative appendectomy experience in children
R. Karabulut, K. Sonmez, Z. Turkyilmaz, B. Demirogullari, I. O. Ozen, A. Demirtola, A. C. Basaklar, N. Kale
Periconceptional folic acid prevents miscarriage in Irish families with neural tube defects
J. Byrne
Practices for predicting and preventing preterm birth in Ireland: a national survey
V. Smith, D. Devane, S. Higgins
Three generations of matrilineal excess of birth defects in Irish families with neural tube defects
J. Byrne
Normative curves of fetal nasal bone length for the ethnic Chinese population
W.-H. Chiu, T.-H. Tung, Y.-s. Chen, W.-H. Wang, S.-M. Lee, S.-C. Horng, F.-Y. Yang
Sudden (reversible) sensorineural hearing loss in pregnancy
R. Kenny, N. Patil, N. Considine
Indications for admission, treatment and improved outcome of paediatric haematology/oncology patients admitted to a tertiary paediatric ICU
C. Owens, D. Mannion, A. O’Marcaigh, M. Waldron, K. Butler, A. O’Meara
Have developments in palliative care services impacted on place of death of colorectal cancer patients in Ireland? A population-based study
A. Ó Céilleachair, C. Finn, S. Deady, A.-E. Carsin, L. Sharp
Outside the high-volume unit: survival in an 11-year cohort of colorectal cancer patients
G. C. Markey, E. Wosu, R. Keane
A comparative study of faecal occult blood kits in a colorectal cancer screening program in a cohort of healthy construction workers
M. Shuhaibar, C. Walsh, F. Lindsay, N. Lee, P. Walsh, P. O’Gorman, G. Boran, R. McLoughlin, A. Qasim, N. Breslin, B. Ryan, H. O’Connor, C. O’Morain
Regional variations in testicular cancer rates in Ireland
M. Alsinnawi, M. R. Quinlan, S. Deady, E. A. Kiely
Hypovitaminosis D in a healthy female population, aged from 40 to 85 years, in the west of Ireland
E. Lardner, M. Fitzgibbon, S. Wilson, D. Griffin, E. Mulkerrin
Proposed new approach for treating Paget’s disease of bone
W. Mahmood, M. J. McKenna
Administering intravenous immunoglobulin during infection is associated with infusion reactions in selected patients
S. Khan, M. Abuzakouk, P. C. Doré, W. A. C. Sewell
Do ultra-runners in a 24-h run really dehydrate?
B. Knechtle, A. Wirth, P. Knechtle, T. Rosemann, O. Senn
Pandemic H1N1 (2009) and renal failure: the experience of the Irish national tertiary referral centre
F. J. O Brien, S. D. Jairam, C. A. Traynor, C. M. Kennedy, M. Power, M. D. Denton, C. Magee, P. J. Conlon
Readability level of patient information leaflets for older people
M. Cronin, S. O’Hanlon, M. O’Connor
Utilization of resource leveling to optimize ERCP efficiency
L. M. Hendrick, G. C. Harewood, S. E. Patchett, F. E. Murray
Why do patients change their general practitioner? Suggestions on corrective actions
A. Buja, M. Cavinato, E. Perissinotto, G. Rausa, G. Mastrangelo, R. Toffanin
cagA and vacA status and influence of Helicobacter pylori infection on serum oxidative DNA damage in Iranian patients with peptic ulcer disease
Z. Khodaii, S. M. H. Ghaderian, R. Akbarzadeh Najar, H. Nejati, A. S. Tabatabaei Panah
Improving venous thromboembolic disease prophylaxis in medical inpatients: a role for education and audit
B. D. Kent, P. Nadarajan, N. B. Akasheh, I. Sulaiman, S. Karim, S. Cooney, S. J. Lane, E. D. Moloney
Self-reported complication rates following primary total hip arthroplasty in Ireland: fact or fiction
P. Curtin, J. Harty, E. Sheehan, P. Nicholson, J. McElwain
Excision and primary closure of pilonidal sinus disease: worthwhile option with an acceptable recurrence rate
S. N. S. Gilani, H. Furlong, K. Reichardt, A. O. Nasr, G. Theophilou, T. N. Walsh
Is simple nephrectomy truly simple? Comparison with the radical alternative
S. S. Connolly, M. Frank O’Brien, I. M. Kunni, E. Phelan, R. Conroy, J. A. Thornhill, R. Grainger
The benefits of hypopharyngeal packing in nasal surgery: a pilot study
B. G. Fennessy, S. Mannion, J. B. Kinsella, P. O’Sullivan
Demographics, nature and treatment of orthopaedic trauma injuries occurring in an agricultural context in the West of Ireland
F. J. Byrne, P. S. Waters, S. M. Waters, S. Hynes, C. P. Ní Thuairisg, M. O’Sullivan
The utility of 99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy in the localisation of parathyroid adenomas in primary hyperparathyroidism
N. Glynn, N. Lynn, C. Donagh, R. K. Crowley, D. Smith, C. J. Thompson, A. D. K. Hill, F. Keeling, A. Agha
What do you think of us? Evaluating patient knowledge of and satisfaction with a psychiatric outpatient service
F. Jabbar, P. Casey, S. L. Schelten, B. D. Kelly
The psychological impact of arthritis: the effects of illness perception and coping
Y. Zyrianova, B. D. Kelly, J. Sheehan, C. McCarthy, T. G. Dinan
Interns as teachers of medical students: a pilot programme
B. Dunne, P. Smyth, H. Furlong, A. Rakovac-Tisdall, D. Murphy, S. Sreenan
Coping with stress in surgery: the difficulty of measuring non-technical skills
E. Boyle, A. M. Kennedy, E. Doherty, D. O’Keeffe, O. Traynor
17β-Estradiol attenuates diet-induced insulin resistance and glucose intolerance through up-regulation of caveolin-3
P. Mu, Z. Tan, Y. Cui, H. Liu, X. Xu, Q. Huang, L. Zeng, T. Wang
Tight glycaemic control is a key factor in wound healing enhancement strategies in an experimental diabetes mellitus model
J. B. O’Sullivan, R. Hanson, F. Chan, D. J. Bouchier-Hayes
A survey of point of care testing in Irish hospitals: room for improvement
R. A. O’Kelly, J. J. Brady, E. Byrne, K. Hooley, C. Mulligan, K. Mulready, P. O’Gorman, P. O’Shea, G. Boran
Diagnosis and microsurgery of symptomatic spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma
W. Qiu, W. Sun, C. Guo, Z. Wu, M. Ding, H. Shen
Do Doppler waveforms at the common femoral artery accurately predict iliac stenosis?
S. O’Neill, R. K. George, W. D. Wallace, P. H. Blair, A. McKinley
First reported deliveries in Ireland using surgically retrieved sperm for non-obstructive azoospermia
A. P. H. Walsh, T. T. Yokota, D. J. Walsh, B. J. Jones, G. D. Coull, E. S. Sills
Anti-glycolipid GM2-positive Guillain–Barre syndrome due to hepatitis E infection
S. Cronin, R. McNicholas, E. Kavanagh, V. Reid, K. O’Rourke
Saikosaponins: a potential treatment option for systemic lupus erythematosus
G.-C. Wu, H. Wu, L.-Y. Fan, H.-F. Pan
Acute liver failure following recreational use of psychotropic “head shop” compounds
S. Fröhlich, E. Lambe, J. O’Dea
A rare cause of calf swelling: the Morel–Lavallee lesion
J. M. Moriarty, C. G. Borrero, E. C. Kavanagh
Prophylactic colectomy for hyperplastic polyposis
D. Doran, J. P. Burke, A. M. Hanly, D. C. Winter
Primary cardiac lymphoma: diagnostic tools and treatment challenges
R. Bambury, F. Gallagher, J. D. Dodd, D. Fennelly
Pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma: an unusual cause of shortness of breath
G. Flaherty, P. McCarthy, G. Mortimer
Male lupus: a diagnosis often delayed—a case series and review of the literature
N. L. Ambrose, G. Kearns, A. Mohammad
Triad of trichomegaly, alopecia and male-pattern hair growth during treatment with erlotinib in non-small-cell lung cancer
P. Forde, C. Murphy, C. O’Sullivan, D. Carney
Serotonin syndrome in an orthopaedic patient secondary to linezolid therapy for MRSA infection
M. McClean, J. C. Walsh, F. Condon
Reversible acute cortical blindness associated with eclampsia in complete hydatidiform mole
E. Adali, M. Kurdoglu, S. Avcu, R. Yildizhan, F. Adali, A. Kolusari
Brachial neuritis masquerading as acute coronary syndrome
J. Dineen, S. Saidha, B. McNamara, B. Plant, A. M. Ryan
Re: O’Connor KM and Kiely EA: Lessons learned using Snodgrass hypospadias repair (Irish J Med Sci 175:37)
W. T. Snodgrass
The use of laryngeal mask airway for surgical tracheotomy in a neonate with Pierre Robin syndrome: a case report
S. Geze, B. Cekic, H. Ulusoy, E. Erturk
Prevention of venous thromboembolic disease in medical and surgical hospital patients in a single university teaching hospital
M. B. O’Connor, O. Pokrovskaya, M. Burns, M. Weston, S. Salleh, L. Razak, M. I. Aiman, F. Lainis, M. N. Shuilleabhain