Issue 2/2020
Content (50 Articles)
A cost-effectiveness analysis of dialectical behaviour therapy for treating individuals with borderline personality disorder in the community
Aileen Murphy, Jane Bourke, Daniel Flynn, Mary Kells, Mary Joyce
Connolly Hospital Trauma Assessment Clinic (TAC): a virtual solution to patient flow
Martin Kelly, Nicholas O’Keeffe, Ara Francis, Conor Moran, Karen Gantley, Fintan Doyle, Paddy Kenny
Clinical outcomes of patients with pure small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder
Gokmen Umut Erdem, Mutlu Dogan, Aydin Aytekin, Suleyman Sahin, Havva Yeşil Cinkir, Abdullah Sakin, Melike Ozcelik, Oktay Bozkurt, Emel Sezer, Nebi Serkan Demirci, Yakup Bozkaya, Nurullah Zengin
CDHR5 inhibits proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma and predicts clinical prognosis
Xue Ding, Xiaomin Tian, Wei Liu, Zijia Li
Tobacco control and cigarette vending machines in Ireland: time to quit!
Frank Houghton
Evaluation and management of pathological nipple discharges without using intraductal imaging methods
Kenan Çetin, Hasan Ediz Sıkar
MRI for clinically suspected prostate cancer—the disparity between private and public sectors
Lee Chien Yap, Thomas Hugh Lynch, Rustom P Manecksha
miR-146a and miR-146b predict increased restenosis and rapid angiographic stenotic progression risk in coronary heart disease patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention
Huayong Zhang, Qing Zhang, Yingchao Liu, Tao Xue
The role of speckle tracking echocardiography in monitoring cardiac function in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis
Danilowicz-Szymanowicz Ludmila, Katarzyna Sikorska, Grzegorz Raczak
The effects of a comprehensive rehabilitation and intensive education program on anxiety, depression, quality of life, and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events in unprotected left main coronary artery disease patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting
Liyuan Ma, Li Deng, Hui Yu
Mitochondrial tRNASer(UCN) 7471delC may be a novel mutation associated with maternally transmitted hypertension
Ping Yang, Peng Wu, Xing Liu, Jian Feng, Shuzhan Zheng, Yan Wang, Zhongcai Fan
Risk factors and long-term consequences of new-onset diabetes after renal transplantation
Maria Tomkins, Roxana M. Tudor, Kevin Cronin, Patrick O’Kelly, Yvonne Williams, Dilly Little, Declan G. de Freitas, Mark Denton, Conall O’Seaghdha, Peter Conlon, Diarmuid Smith
Does YouTube™ offer high quality information? Evaluation of accelerated orthodontics videos
Mustafa Cihan Yavuz, Suleyman Kutalmış Buyuk, Esra Genc
Five-year outcomes of patients attending a diabetic foot clinic in a tertiary referral centre
Hannah Forde, Sarah Wrigley, Liam Tomas O’Murchadha, Lyn Cusack, Sinead Casserly, Daragh Moneley, James Walsh, Diarmuid Smith
Sleep duration and physical function in people with severe obesity: a prospective cross-sectional study
Tomás Ahern, Emer O’Malley, Colin Dunlevy, Aftab Khattak, Helen O’Brien, Tidi Hassan, Tara Cusack, Walter T. McNicholas, Donal O’Shea
Should we continue to use the 75-g OGTT to diagnose diabetes?
Maria Tomkins, Diarmuid Smith
Current role of the collagenase Clostridium histolyticum in Dupuytren’s disease treatment
Rafael Sanjuan-Cervero
Comparison of analgesic effect, knee joint function recovery, and safety profiles between pre-operative and post-operative administrations of meloxicam in knee osteoarthritis patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty
Yang Shao, Xiaoyan Zhao, Yu Zhai, Junfeng Yang, Shanfu Wang, Lei Liu, Jianwei Wang
The effect of spinal manipulation on brain neurometabolites in chronic nonspecific low back pain patients: a randomized clinical trial
Daryoush Didehdar, Fahimeh Kamali, Amin Kordi Yoosefinejad, Mehrzad Lotfi
“A breath of fresh air” for tackling chronic disease in Ireland? An evaluation of a self-management support service for people with chronic respiratory diseases
Aishling Sheridan, Aisling Jennings, Shirley Keane, Averil Power, Paul Kavanagh
Acceptability and accuracy of oral fluid drug testing for patients on methadone maintenance
Michael Edmund O’Callaghan, Liam Regan, Maria Wilson, Emmett Byrne, Brid Hollywood, Fergus O’Kelly, Darach O’Ciardha
Association between vitamin D status in early pregnancy and atopy in offspring in a vitamin D deplete cohort
Maeve Smith, Eileen C. O’Brien, Goiuri Alberdi, Aisling A. Geraghty, Mark Kilbane, Malachi J. McKenna, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe
Does maternal obesity explain trends in caesarean section rates? Evidence from a large Irish maternity hospital
Aoife Brick, Richard Layte, Aoife McKeating, Sharon R. Sheehan, Michael J. Turner
Placental weights from normal deliveries in Ireland
Orlagh O’Brien, Mary F. Higgins, Eoghan E. Mooney
An observational analysis of meal patterns in overweight and obese pregnancy: exploring meal pattern behaviours and the association with maternal and fetal health measures
Kate M. Ainscough, Maria A. Kennelly, Karen L. Lindsay, Eileen C. O’Brien, Elizabeth J. O’Sullivan, John Mehegan, Eileen R. Gibney, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe
Systematic review of pleural-amniotic shunt insertion vs. conservative management in isolated bilateral fetal hydrothorax without hydrops
Elaine Carson, Priscilla Devaseelan, Stephen Ong
Effects of low-temperature plasma treatment on pulmonary function in children with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome
Xiaoyong Wang, Yehai Liu, Guanglei Tang, Hui Wang, Yi Zhao
The impact of increasing antimicrobial resistance in the treatment of urosepsis
James Ryan, Liza McLornan, Eoghan O’Neill
Transient derangements in Hepatitis B serology in patients post-intravenous immunoglobulin therapy—a case-based review
Catherine King, Una Sutton-Fitzpatrick, Julieanne Houlihan
A molecular diagnostic algorithm for JAK2 V617F investigations in suspected myeloproliferative neoplasms
Mark Alexander Catherwood, Roisin McAllister, Patrick McCallion, Julie Elizabeth McGimpsey, Andrew Hindley, John Feerick, Greame Greenfield, Paul Kennedy, Gary Benson, Claire Arnold, Bridgin Merron, Mary Frances McMullin
Malignant but not maleficent: acute leukaemia as a possible explanation of disease and death in vampire victims
Stinne Tranekær, Claus Werenberg Marcher, Henrik Frederiksen, Dennis Lund Hansen
Response to: an audit of discharge summaries from secondary to primary care
Conor Coyle, Lucy Studd, Amro ElSiofy, Yael Gelfer
Patient experience in a surgical assessment unit following a closed-loop audit using a Kaizen Lean system
Muhammad Fahad Ullah, Christina Fleming, Christopher Fox, Tej Tewary, Shona Tormey
Factors influencing surgical management of acute appendicitis in a large university hospital without a dedicated emergency theatre
Megan Power Foley, Michael MacLean, Ciaran Doyle, Timothy Nugent, Michael E. Kelly, Fady Narouz, Brian Mehigan, Paul McCormick, John Larkin
Application of ultrasound-guided artery cannulation in clinical anesthesia training
Yao Lu, Daoqi Chen
Accidental dural puncture and post-dural puncture headache: a retrospective review in an Irish maternity hospital
Glenn Paul Abela, Terry Tan
Evaluation of diaphragm ultrasound in predicting extubation outcome in mechanically ventilated patients with COPD
Xia Zhang, Jing Yuan, Yong Zhan, Jingyi Wu, Biaohu Liu, Peng Zhang, Tao Yu, Zhen Wang, Xiaogan Jiang, Weihua Lu
Highly expressed CCR7 predicts poor prognosis in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Min Shen, Lingling Yi, Yidao Jiang
Evaluation of simple inflammatory blood parameters in patients with migraine
Hülya Olgun Yazar, Tamer Yazar, Ali Aygün, Şükran Kaygisiz, Dursun Kirbaş
Patients referred for arteriovenous fistula construction: a retrospective outcome analysis
Andrew S. Kucey, Doireann P. Joyce, Teresa O’Neill, Gregory J. Fulton, William D. Plant, Brian J. Manning
Pharmacokinetic enhancers (cobicistat/ritonavir) and the potential for drug-drug interactions
Paul Hollywood, Rachel MacCann, David Lorigan, Eoghan de Barra, Samuel McConkey
Interventions to improve wellbeing among obstetricians and midwives at Cork University Maternity Hospital
Sinead O’Riordan, Keelin O’Donoghue, Karen McNamara
Professional burnout, work patterns and career satisfaction in medical oncologists in Ireland
Lynda Corrigan, Connor O’Leary, Jeska Kroes, Abdul Rehman Farooq, Anne Horgan, Paula Calvert, Miriam O’Connor
Commitment and burnout: where should surgeons draw the line?
Christopher K. T. G. Erian, Michael M. A. S. Erian
A 24-month review of globe rupture in a tertiary referral hospital
Emily Hughes, Gerry Fahy
Is age-related macular degeneration a local manifestation of systemic disorder? Changes in nailfold capillaries at age-related macular degeneration
Mehmet Fatih Küçük, Ayşe Ayan, Devrim Toslak, Elçin Süren, Lütfiye Yaprak, Ersan Çetinkaya, Muhammet Kazım Erol, Deniz Turgut Çoban
Should ultrasound be used routinely in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis?
Maria Boylan
What happens to muscles in fibromyalgia syndrome
Ebru Umay, Ibrahim Gundogdu, Erhan Arif Ozturk