Issue 1/2019
Content (54 Articles)
Acute hospital reconfiguration and self-harm presentations: a before-and-after study
Eve Griffin, Catherine Murphy, Ivan J. Perry, Brenda Lynch, Ella Arensman, Paul Corcoran
Have bailouts shifted the burden of paying for healthcare from the state onto individuals?
Conor Loughnane, Aileen Murphy, Mark Mulcahy, Celine McInerney, Valerie Walshe
How accurate is the data provided to the Irish hip fracture database?
Andrew J. Hughes, Orla Hennessy, Louise Brennan, Abdullah Rana, Colin G. Murphy
A profile of physiotherapy supply in Ireland
James Eighan, Brendan Walsh, Samantha Smith, Maev-Ann Wren, Steve Barron, Edgar Morgenroth
Obesity, diet and lifestyle in 9-year-old children with parentally reported chronic diseases: findings from the Growing Up in Ireland longitudinal child cohort study
Michael P. Fitzgerald, Kerrie Hennigan, Clodagh S. O’Gorman, Laura McCarron
Single-institution experience with selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) for the treatment of unresectable colorectal liver metastases
Cathal O’Leary, Megan Greally, John McCaffrey, Peter Hughes, Leo L. P. Lawler, Martin O’Connell, Tony Geoghegan, Cormac Farrelly
Breast screening in symptomatic women over 35 years of age: improvements in service efficiency
Roisin M. O’Cearbhaill, Sandra Hembrecht, Liam A. Devane, Jane Rothwell, Denis Evoy, James Geraghty, Damian P. McCartan, Sorcha McNally, Ann O’Doherty, Enda W. McDermott, Ruth S. Prichard
Where youth matters—clinicopathologic characteristics and emerging trends in treatment and outcomes in young Irish women with breast cancer
Megan Greally, Jennifer Kielty, Geoffrey A. Watson, Geoffrey Das, Christina Malouf, Lynda McSorley, Niamh Coleman, Cecily Quinn, Enda W. McDermott, Giuseppe Gullo, John Crown, Ruth S. Prichard, Catherine M. Kelly, Janice M. Walshe
Absence of thyroid transcription factor-1 expression is associated with poor survival in patients with advanced pulmonary adenocarcinoma treated with pemetrexed-based chemotherapy
Mark K. Doherty, Emer O’Connor, David Hannon, Aine O’Reilly, Daphne Yen, Maeve Redmond, Liam M. Grogan, Bryan T. Hennessy, Oscar S. Breathnach, Patrick G. Morris
Neoadjuvant chemoradiation and breast reconstruction: the potential for improved outcomes in the treatment of breast cancer
Niamh O’ Halloran, Terri McVeigh, Joseph Martin, Maccon Keane, Aoife Lowery, Michael Kerin
A retrospective analysis comparing the use of ProCore® with standard fine needle aspiration in endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
David J. McCracken, Melanie Bailey, Marie-Therese McDermott, Terence E. McManus
A systematic review of Appropriate Use Criteria for transthoracic echocardiography: are they relevant outside the United States?
Robert N. Kerley, Siun O’Flynn
Is the prescription right? A review of non-vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant (NOAC) prescriptions in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Safe prescribing in atrial fibrillation and evaluation of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants in stroke prevention (SAFE-NOACS) group
Rebabonye B. Pharithi, Deepti Ranganathan, Jim O’Brien, Emmanuel E. Egom, Cathie Burke, Daniel Ryan, Christine McAuliffe, Marguerite Vaughan, Tara Coughlan, Edwina Morrissey, John McHugh, David Moore, Ronan Collins
The hepatobiliary complications of malnutrition and nutritional support in adults
Andrew McNeice, Ryan Scott, Gerard Patrick Rafferty, William Jonathan Cash, Graham Blake Turner
Coloproctology procedure clinic: a novel service developed to reduce suffering of patients with bleeding per rectum
Yasir Bashir, Bernadette McGovern, Mohammed Tahtouh, Tahir Abbasi, Maria Murphy, Paul Neary
Glucose sensing technology—current practice?
Hannah E. Forde, Sonya Browne, Diarmuid Smith, William P. Tormey
Microvascular diabetes complications in a specialist young adult diabetes service
Audrey Melvin, Lynn Redahan, Mensud Hatunic, Siobhán E McQuaid
Coeliac screening in a high-risk population: paediatric type 1 diabetes—a review of current guidelines and practice
Luke Forde, Niamh McGrath, Deirdre Devaney, Sami Awadalla, Ciara M. McDonnell, Nuala P. Murphy
The changing tides of Irish orthopaedic research
Ailbhe White Gibson, Kevin Clesham, Oisin Tully, John F. Quinlan
Femoral offset found not to affect metal ion levels in metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty
Eoghan Pomeroy, Fergal Macnamara, Evelyn Murphy, Niall McGoldrick, Anant Mahapatra, Nasir Awan
Levels of evidence in pelvic trauma: a bibliometric analysis of the top 50 cited papers
Ailbhe White-Gibson, Barry O’Neill, David Cooper, Michael Leonard, Brendan O’Daly
Updated pharmacological management of rheumatoid arthritis for women before, during, and after pregnancy, reflecting recent guidelines
Kieran E. Murray, Louise Moore, Celine O’Brien, Anne Clohessy, Caroline Brophy, Patricia Minnock, Oliver FitzGerald, Eamonn S. Molloy, Anne-Barbara Mongey, Shane Higgins, Mary F. Higgins, Fionnuala M. Mc Auliffe, Douglas J. Veale
Three-dimensional indices of renal perfusion in normal pregnancy and pre-eclampsia
Amanda Ali, Susan Addley, Stephen Ong
Cholesterol screening and statin use in children: a literature review
Karen King, Alan Macken, Ophelia Blake, Clodagh S. O’Gorman
Future career intentions of higher specialist trainees in general Paediatrics
Grainne Butler, Colm Breatnach, Sinead Harty, Patrick Gavin, Colm O’Donnell, Michael J. O’Grady
Identifying risk factors associated with acquiring measles in an outbreak among age-appropriately vaccinated school children: a cohort analysis
Bernadette O’Connor, Sarah Doyle
Transition from tube feeding to oral feeding: experience in a tertiary care paediatric cardiology unit
Anne Marie Shine, Daragh Gerard Finn, Noeleen Allen, Colin J McMahon
Correction to: Transition from tube feeding to oral feeding: experience in a tertiary care paediatric cardiology unit
Anne Marie Shine, Daragh Gerard Finn, Noeleen Allen, Colin J McMahon
How to establish a successful bowel management programme in children: a tertiary paediatric centre experience
Ann M. Costigan, Stephanie Orr, Abdulrahman E. Alshafei, Brice A. Antao
Clinical presentation of cashew nut allergy in a paediatric cohort attending an allergy clinic in the West of Ireland
Miranda Crealey, Salma Alamin, Vincent Tormey, Edina Moylett
Trends in the treatment of chronic kidney disease-associated anaemia in a cohort of haemodialysis patients: the Irish experience
Roisin Gardiner, Davood Roshan, Ann Brennan, Denise Connolly, Susan Murray, Donal Reddan
General practitioners’ (GP) attitudes and knowledge about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Ireland
Dimitrios Adamis, Mimi Tatlow-Golden, Blánaid Gavin, Fiona McNicholas
A snapshot of lipid levels in the Republic of Ireland in 2017
Ruth Agar, Catherine Markham, Meabh Prendergast, Rebecca Canning, Edana Maher, Caroline Finn, Nuala Sammon, Sarah Fall, Noeleen Fallon, Evonne Hanrahan, Lisa King, Vincent Maher
Variations in biochemical values for common laboratory tests: a comparison among multi-ethnic Israeli women cohort
Ruth Birk, Eliyahu M. Heifetz
‘All by myself’: interns’ reports of their experiences taking consent in Irish hospitals
Roisin M. Heaney, Michael Murray, Aine M. Heaney, Eva M. Doherty
Blood transfusion after vaginal hysterectomy for pelvic organ prolapse
Bobby D. O’Leary, Mark Dempsey, Gerard J. Agnew
Attitudes of Irish patients with chronic pain towards medicinal cannabis
Ciaran Rochford, Deirdre Edgeworth, Mohammad Hashim, Dominic Harmon
Duration of opening statement of patients attending a chronic pain clinic consultation
Ather Imran, Deepak Doltani, Jean Saunders, Dominic Harmon
Management of optic neuritis in Ireland: a survey comparing the management practices of acute demyelinating optic neuritis amongst ophthalmologists and neurologists in Ireland
Lina Kobayter, Shivona Chetty
To tube or not to tube? Utilising a tubeless antegrade ureteric stenting system in a tertiary referral hospital
Aisling T. Looney, Padraig J. A. Daly, Ivor M. Cullen, Peter MacMahon, Ian M. G. Kelly
Breast cancers missed by screening radiologists can be detected by reading mammograms at a distance
Ineke L. Schreutelkamp, Robert M. Kwee, Peter Veekmans, Miraude E. A. P. M. Adriaensen
Examining the association of body mass index and the depth of epidural space, radiation dose exposure and fluoroscopic screening time during transforaminal nerve block injection: a retrospective cohort study
Adam S. Galbraith, Emma Wallace, Aiden Devitt
Admission and readmission rate incidences from deprived areas—impact of a classical or multi-dimensional model
Declan Byrne, Richard Conway, Seán Cournane, Deirdre O’Riordan, Bernard Silke
Evaluation of factors affecting time to achieve dry weight among hemodialysis patients using bioimpedance spectroscopy
Amjad Khan, Amer Hayat Khan, Azreen Syazril Adnan, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Nafees Ahmad, Siew Hua Gan
Difference in intraocular pressure measurements between non-contact tonometry and Goldmann applanation tonometry and the role of central corneal thickness in affecting glaucoma referrals
Khalid Kamel, Edward Dervan, Kevin Falzon, Colm O’Brien
The surgical management of severe dentofacial infections (DFI)—a prospective study
Conor M. Bowe, Maeve A. O’Neill, John E. O’Connell, Gerard J. Kearns
Frequency of Behçet’s disease among a group of visually impaired adults
Oguz Abdullah Uyaroglu, Emrah Seyhoglu, Abdulsamet Erden, Cevanşir Vahabov, Hakan Babaoglu, Berkan Armagan, Alper Sari, Levent Kilic, Olcay Tatar, Sule Apras Bilgen, Omer Karadag, Umut Kalyoncu
Nutritional deficiency among vulnerable elderly patients on acute wards in hospitals
Dermot Power
Caffeine, CYP1A2 genotype, and sports performance: is timing important?
Craig Pickering
The impact of sample processing delay on deep molecular responses in chronic myeloid leukemia
Stephen E. Langabeer, Mireille Crampe, Tara Durney
Correction to: A meta-analysis of consanguinity and breast cancer
John B. Wild, Mei-Ju Hwang, Gabriela Jones