Issue 6/2023
Content (85 Articles)
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient complaints within one Irish teaching hospital
Emily O’Dowd, Sinéad Lydon, Marie E. Ward, Maria Kane, Una Geary, Chris Rudland, Paul O’Connor
The retention of training doctors in the Irish health system
Tom Pierse, Roisin Morris, Leah OToole, Brian Kinirons, Eddie Staddon
Measuring and monitoring patient safety in hospitals in the Republic of Ireland
Yazeed Kaud, Darragh McKeon, Sinéad Lydon, Paul O’Connor
“The best of a bad situation?” A mixed methods survey exploring patients’ perspectives on physiotherapy-led online group exercise programmes
Eimear Cronin, Maire McCallion, Kenneth Monaghan
Ocular oncology service during the COVID-19 outbreak: uveal melanoma characteristics presenting in 2019 compared to 2020
Aisling Mc Glacken-Byrne, Patrick Murtagh, Valerie O’Neill, Noel Horgan
Two-scale assessment of anxiety and depression in postoperative non-small cell lung cancer patients: their prevalence, risk factors, and prognostic potency
Liping Deng, Bei Chen
A meta-analysis of the association between adjuvant chemoradiotherapy and disease-free survival in gastric cancer according to the histology
Hasan Cagri Yildirim, Deniz Can Guven, Arif Akyildiz, Suayib Yalcin, Omer Dizdar
Local interventions for colorectal cancer metastases to liver and lung
Melih Simsek, Mehmet Besiroglu, Adem Akcakaya, Atakan Topcu, Ayse Irem Yasin, Zehra Sucuoglu Isleyen, Mesut Seker, Haci Mehmet Turk
Role of apalutamide in the treatment landscape for patients with advanced prostate cancer: an expert opinion statement of European clinical practice
Martin Bögemann, Gaetano Facchini, Thomas Bauernhofer, Richard Cathomas, Evanguelos Xylinas, Bertrand Tombal
CCT6A promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell proliferation, invasion and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by activating TGF-β/Smad/c-Myc pathway
Xiuli Xia, Shushan Zhao, Wenting Chen, Chao Xu, Dongqiang Zhao
Observations on local interventions for colorectal cancer metastases to liver and lung
Tom Treasure
Radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: clinical outcomes and factors influencing biochemical recurrence
Ichiro Fukuda, Manabu Aoki, Takahiro Kimura, Koshi Ikeda
Rectal cancer surgery: does low volume imply worse outcome—a single surgeon experience
Niamh A. Dundon, Adel Hassan Al Ghazwi, Matthew G. Davey, William P. Joyce
Value of serum free prostate-specific antigen density in the diagnosis of prostate cancer
Bing-Zi Zou, Hong Wen, Huan-Jia Luo, Wan-Chao Luo, Qi-Tong Xie, Meng-Ting Zhou
Serum histone deacetylase 4 longitudinal change for estimating major adverse cardiovascular events in acute coronary syndrome patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention
Huichuan Xu, Jing Zhang, Hongdan Jia, Fei Xing, Hongliang Cong
A novel method for assessing cardiac function in patients with coronary heart disease based on wrist pulse analysis
Wen-jie Wu, Rui Chen, Rui Guo, Jian-jun Yan, Chun-ke Zhang, Yi-qin Wang, Hai-xia Yan, Ye-qing Zhang
Left atrial appendage occlusion in an older population cohort
Michael Killian, James O’Regan, Ruth Torre, Crochan J. O’ Sullivan
The GLVC scoring system: a single-center model for predicting survival and hospitalization in patients with heart failure
Anna Chuda-Wietczak, Agata Sakowicz, Agnieszka Tycinska, Ibadete Bytyci, Agata Bielecka-Dabrowa
Comparison of syncope risk scores in predicting the prognosis of patients presenting to the emergency department with syncope
Cagdas INCE, Muge GULEN, Selen ACEHAN, Sarper SEVDIMBAS, Muhammet BALCIK, Ali YUKSEK, Salim SATAR
Evaluation of non-infectious complications in children receiving parenteral nutrition
Zeynelabidin Ozturk, Hulya Demir, Asuman Nur Karhan, Inci Nur Saltik Temizel, Hasan Özen
The triglycerides and glucose index is highly associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in overweight and obese women
Heriberto Rodríguez-Hernández, Luis E. Simental-Mendía
Comparison of the long-term efficacy and safety of multiple endoscopic rubber band ligations in a single session for varying grades of internal hemorrhoids
Kangwei Xiong, Qian Zhao, Wanli Li, Tingting Yao, Yuan Su, Jiajia Wang, Haiming Fang
Percutaneous revision of dysfunctional shunts in patients who underwent intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure via percutaneous or conventional method: 11-years single center experience
Özgür Özen, Fatih Boyvat, Çağrı Kesim, Tolga Zeydanlı, Pelin Kaya
Real-world outcomes of continuous glucose monitoring in adults with diabetes mellitus attending an Irish tertiary hospital
Aoife Courtney, Diarmuid Smith, Hannah Forde
Self-reported sleep characteristics are linked to type 2 diabetes in middle-aged and elderly individuals: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES
Wen-Han Xia, Chun-Li Yang
Efficacy of intravitreal bevacizumab on diabetic macular oedema in an African population
Samuel Kyei, Frederick Afum Asare, John Kwesi Assan, Ebenezer Zaabaar, Frank Assiamah, Eric Obour Obeng, Kofi Asiedu
Association between lipocalin-2 levels and diabetic retinopathy in patients with overweight/obese type 2 diabetes mellitus
Yajuan Zhang, Xiaojun Song, Tianying Qi, Shan Gao, Chao Sun, Jiaxuan Yang, Xinli zhou
Comparing the Ipswich Touch Test (IpTT) and 10gm-SMWF (10-gm Semmes–Weinstein mono-filament) in Indian population subset with type 2 diabetes mellitus to detect diabetes neuropathy
Sivasubramaniyam Senthilkumar, Ramesh Dasarathan, Pushkar Pazhani, Archana Gaur, Varatharajan Sakthivadivel
Effects of myo-inositol vs. metformin on hormonal and metabolic parameters in women with PCOS: a meta-analysis
Kaneez Fatima, Zainab Jamil, Samar Faheem, Alishba Adnan, Syed Sarmad Javaid, Hafsa Naeem, Neha Mohiuddin, Anosha Sajid, Sidhant Ochani
Liraglutide combined with metformin treatment for obese people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yang Long, Yuxi Zhang
Drug-free remission is an achievable target with immunosuppressive treatment in idiopathic granulomatous mastitis
Mehmet Nur Kaya, Emre Tekgöz, Seda Çolak, Özlem Kılıç, Muhammet Çınar, Sedat Yılmaz
The necessity of developing a virtual care model for patients with chronic wounds: letter to the editor
Nasib Babaei, Mojgan Lotfi, Marziyeh Avazeh
Testosterone or dihydrotestosterone: what should be evaluated in hirsutism?
Abbas Darjani, Narges Alizadeh, Kaveh Gharaei Nejad, Hojat Eftekhari, Rana Rafiei, Hasan Kazemi, Elahe Rafiei
Health technology management: the experience of a managed access approach to the reimbursement of dupilumab in Ireland
Rosealeen Barrett, Michael Barry, Laura McCullagh
A simple method to rapidly assess the tibial tuberosity—trochlear groove distance using computed tomography
Simone L. Kneafsey, Shane P. Russell, Fiachra R. Power, Eric J. Heffernan, Conor Hurson
Single-surgeon perspective: is there ever a need to open extension-type supracondylar fractures?
Lyndon Y. H. Low, Marzanne E. Barry, Ross Condell, Kevin Clesham, Aiden T. Devitt
International primary hip arthroplasty registry review: findings from current reports
Gerard A. Sheridan, Lisa C. Howard, Michael E. Neufeld, Nelson V. Greidanus, Donald S. Garbuz, Bassam A. Masri
Prolotherapy for knee osteoarthritis: comment on “Demonstrating the effectiveness of Platelet Rich Plasma and Prolotherapy treatments in knee osteoarthritis” by Ceylan et al
Sitanshu Barik, Vikash Raj, Vishal Kumar
Trainees’ perceptions of course quality in postgraduate General Practice training in Ireland
Tadhg-Iarla Curran, Judy Scopes, Karena Hanley, Claire Collins, Fíona Coffey
An unusual case of a giant fetal facial tumour and review of the literature
Alex O. Start, Gillian A. Ryan, Barbra Cathcart, Jennifer Geraghty, Niamh Adams, Gabrielle Colleran, Claudine Vavasseur, John Caird, Dylan Murray, Jennifer M. Walsh
Molecular and in silico analyses of SYN III gene variants in autism spectrum disorder
Remzi Oguz Baris, Nilfer Sahin, Ayşegül Demirtas Bilgic, Cilem Ozdemir, Tuba Gokdogan Edgunlu
The risk of mortality and severe illness in patients infected with the omicron variant relative to delta variant of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Chia Siang Kow, Dinesh Sangarran Ramachandram, Syed Shahzad Hasan
War in Ukraine: incursion of antimicrobial resistance
Galina Loban’, Mariia Faustova, Oksana Dobrovolska, Pavlo Tkachenko
Investigation of serum endocan and serglycin levels in obstructive sleep apnea
Rauf Oguzhan Kum, Fatma Cemre Sazak Kundi, Canan Topcuoglu, Muge Ozcan
Adverse drug reactions in geriatric psychiatry—retrospective cohort study of a 6-year period
Johannes Heck, Nina Noltemeyer, Martin Schulze Westhoff, Stephanie Deest-Gaubatz, Sebastian Schröder, Benjamin Krichevsky, Nicolas Simon, Swetlana Gerbel, Maximilian Friedrich, Dirk O. Stichtenoth, Stefan Bleich, Helge Frieling, Adrian Groh
Prevalence and correlates of restrictive interventions in an Irish child and adolescent psychiatric unit: a 4-year retrospective study
Maeve Haran, David Killeen, Mike Healy, Peadar Brophy, Aoife Donohue, Imelda Whyte, Brendan Doody
Effects of perceptive rehabilitation and mobilization methods on symptoms and disability in patients with fibromyalgia: A preliminary randomized control trial
Beraat Alptug, Emine Handan Tüzün, Barış Keçeci, Levent Eker
Traversing mental health disorders during pregnancy: Lebanese women’s experiences of antepartum depression and anxiety
Sarah Gerges, Sahar Obeid, Souheil Hallit
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care system, work, and mental well-being of people with cystic fibrosis
Rini Bhatnagar, Sarah Tecklenborg, Ricardo Segurado, Philip Watt, Naula McAuley, Patricia Fitzpatrick
Acute liver failure secondary to the use of unmonitored drugs and herbal supplements: an underreported and serious issue
Kaleem Ullah, Ad-Duhaa Ejaz Parekh, Omer Ahmed Shaikh, Maham Khan, Sidhant Ochani
Occurrence rates and risk factors of in-hospital venous thromboembolism, major bleeding, and death in patients receiving fondaparinux after orthopedic surgery or trauma surgery
Ya Ding, Bowen Han, Bin Yuan, Mingjun Nie, Renyang Liu, Ming Zhao, Hongliang Wang
The effect of non-surgical periodontal therapy on salivary IL-6 levels in patients with moderate to severe generalized chronic periodontitis
Mahvish Khan, Anamika Sharma, Ananya Sharma, Ganesh Singh, Saif Khan, Saheem Ahmad, Ayshah Aysh Ma’an Alrashidi, Subuhi Sherwani, Hemlata Mishra, Ahmad Alsulimani
The impact of a novel surgical forum, ‘Virtual Surgical Speed Dating’, on career perception for medical students: a pilot study
Donnacha Hogan, Sharon Geary, Derek B. Hennessey
Evaluating opioid prescribing patterns following discharge from elective surgical procedures: a worrying trend during the ‘opioid crisis’ — an audit of elective surgical procedures
Aengus Meldon, Matthew G. Davey, William P. Joyce
Appendicitis-related acute referrals to Children’s Health Ireland from Non-Specialist Paediatric Surgical Centres
Zakya Penny, Sami Abd Elwahab, Brendan O’Connor, Brian Sweeney
An audit of secondary prevention for peripheral arterial disease in primary care — scope for improved collaboration between vascular surgery and general practitioners
Megan Power Foley, Muhammad Tubassam, Stewart R. Walsh
Factors Affecting COVID-19-Related Fear and Burnout in Surgical Nurses
Adile Savsar, Özgül Karayurt
Surgical treatment of urachal remnants in an adult population—a single-centre experience
Paul C. Ryan, Caroline Kelly, Irfan Afridi, Aisling Fawaz, Mohammed Aboelmagd, Ivor M. Cullen, John P. Keane, Padraig J. Daly
Risk factors of in-hospital mortality for isolated on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the northeast of Iran from 2007 to 2016
Mahin Nomali, Mohammad Eghbal Heidari, Aryan Ayati, Keyvan Moghaddam, Soheil Mosallami, Afifeh Khosravi, Mona Rafiei, Gholamali Riahinokandeh, Mohammad Yadegari, Mahdis Nomali, Moloud Taheriyan, Gholamreza Roshandel
Safe surgical training: evaluation of a national functional endoscopic sinus surgery model simulation course using the Kirkpatrick evaluation model
Sarah Louise Gillanders, Alison McHugh, Peter D. Lacy, Mona Thornton
Prevalence and factors influencing slow gait speed among geriatric patients at outpatient clinic of a tertiary care hospital
Manchumad Manjavong, Apichart So-ngern, Panita Limpawattana, Thanisorn Kamsuanjig, Natapong Manomaiwong, Pongsak Chokkhatiwat, Kamolthorn Srisuwannakit, Chudapha Khammak
Frequency of inter-specialty consensus decisions and adherence to advice following discussion at a weekly neurovascular multidisciplinary meeting
Chika Offiah, Sean Tierney, Bridget Egan, Ronán D. Collins, Daniel J. Ryan, Allan J. McCarthy, Deirdre R. Smith, James Mahon, Emily Boyle, Holly Delaney, Rory O.’Donohoe, Alison Hurley, Richard A. Walsh, Sinead M. Murphy, Petya Bogdanova-Mihaylova, Sean O.’Dowd, Mark J. Kelly, Taha Omer, Tara Coughlan, Desmond O’Neill, Mary Martin, Stephen J. X. Murphy, Dominick J. H. McCabe
The reliability and validity of the 3-m backward walk test in people with Parkinson’s disease
Bilge Kocer, Fatih Soke, Nigar Esra Erkoc Ataoglu, Nursena Ersoy, Cagri Gulsen, Elvan Ozcan Gulsen, Mustafa Ertugrul Yasa, Ismail Uysal, Selim Selcuk Comoglu, Hatice Ayse Tokcaer Bora
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of endovascular thrombectomy for stroke: an Irish perspective
Conor Brosnan, David Brennan, Conor Reid, Sarah Power, Alan O’Hare, Paul Brennan, John Thornton, Matthew Crockett
CT imaging for occult malignancy in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism (VTE) in a tertiary centre: is it worthwhile?
Ronan J. Lee, Darragh Herlihy, Damien C. O’Neill, Lauren Madden-Doyle, Martina Morrin, Michael J. Lee
Awareness of health care related to nitrous oxide abuse for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
Emeline Gernez, Anas Bennis, Remy Diesnis, Jean Paul Niguet, Guillaume Grzych
Motives behind low-acuity geriatric emergency medicine attenders: a picture from free healthcare system
Görkem Alper Solakoglu, Adem Baspinar, Kurtulus Aciksari, Seda Oguz, Nur Aleyna Adak
The impact of COVID-19 on managing ophthalmic diseases: an international, descriptive study
Ethan Waisberg, Joshua Ong, Nasif Zaman, Sharif Amit Kamran, Alireza Tavakkoli, Andrew G. Lee
COVID-19 vaccination uptake and hesitancy reasons in food production workers
Gordon Haire, Deirdre Gleeson, Alex Reid
Uremic pruritus: prevalence, determinants, and its impact on health-related quality of life and sleep in Indian patients undergoing hemodialysis
Deeksha Shetty, Ajith M. Nayak, Divya Datta, Mohan V. Bhojaraja, Shankar Prasad Nagaraju, Attur Ravindra Prabhu, Dharshan Rangaswamy, Indu Ramachandra Rao, Srinivas Vinayak Shenoy, Dhruv Joshi
Efficacy of topical insulin for recurrent epithelial corneal erosions
Ahmed Esmail, Mohamed Ibrahim, Sara Nage
The effect of COVID-19 on fear, anxiety, and sleep in nursing students
Gülsüm Nihal Çürük, Ecem Özgül, Songül Karadağ
Text-to-image artificial intelligence to aid clinicians in perceiving unique neuro-ophthalmic visual phenomena
Ethan Waisberg, Joshua Ong, Mouayad Masalkhi, Nasif Zaman, Sharif Amit Kamran, Prithul Sarker, Andrew G. Lee, Alireza Tavakkoli
Optic neuropathy in spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS)
Ethan Waisberg, Joshua Ong, Mouayad Masalkhi, Andrew G. Lee
Cost awareness amongst irish ophthalmologists
Barry Power
Effect of aerobic exercise alone or combined with Mediterranean diet on dry eye in obese hypertensive elderly
Ali Mohamed Ali Ismail, Alshaymaa Shaaban Abd El-Azeim, Hatem Fawzy Abd Elfatah Abo Saif
Adherence of patients with age-related macular degeneration to AREDS 2-recommended nutritional supplements
Ammr Alghamdi, David Keegan, Paul Connell, Ian Dooley, Louise O’Toole
A thematic analysis of alcohol use and culture amongst elite (intercounty) Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) players
Conall Mac Gearailt, Colm Murphy, Jack McCaffrey, Matthew Turk, Kieran Murray
Characteristics of potential concussive events in elite hurling: a video-analysis study
Mario P Rotundo, Darek Sokol-Randell, Chris Bleakley, Paul Donnelly, Gregory Tierney
Circulating PCSK9 relates to aggravated disease activity, Th17/Treg imbalance, and predicts treatment outcome of conventional synthetic DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Yanan Meng, Xiaomeng Zheng, Zheng Zhang, Huijuan Geng, Xiaodong Li
Academic journals cannot simply require authors to declare that they used ChatGPT
Gengyan Tang
GPT-4: a new era of artificial intelligence in medicine
Ethan Waisberg, Joshua Ong, Mouayad Masalkhi, Sharif Amit Kamran, Nasif Zaman, Prithul Sarker, Andrew G. Lee, Alireza Tavakkoli
Correction to: Do patients with larger body sizes undergo more CT exams?
Xinhua Li, Suman Srinivasa, Madan M. Rehani