Issue 2/2016
Content (34 Articles)
Chairman’s opening address at the Sir William Wilde Bi-Centenary Symposium
C. Lee
Sir William Wilde and provision for the blind in nineteenth-century Ireland
S. Mullaney
Advances in the management of severe aortic stenosis
K. E. O’Sullivan, S. Bargenda, D. Sugrue, J. Hurley
Get the GIST? An overview of gastrointestinal stromal tumours
G. A. Watson, D. Kelly, M. Melland-Smith, J. Gleeson, G. McEntee, C. M. Kelly, J. A. McCaffrey
Regulation and registration as drivers of continuous professional competence for Irish pre-hospital practitioners: a discussion paper
S. Knox, S. S. Dunne, M. Hughes, S. Cheeseman, C. P. Dunne
Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy for Type 1 diabetes mellitus in children
M. Mavinkurve, A. Quinn, C. S. O’Gorman
Use of a web-based dietary assessment tool in early pregnancy
L. Mullaney, A. C. O’Higgins, S. Cawley, R. Kennedy, D. McCartney, M. J. Turner
Maternal obesity and physical activity and exercise levels as pregnancy advances: an observational study
N. Daly, C. Mitchell, M. Farren, M. M. Kennelly, J. Hussey, M. J. Turner
Metformin versus insulin in gestational diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
B. Zhu, L. Zhang, Y. Y. Fan, L. Wang, X. G. Li, T. Liu, Y. S. Cao, Z. G. Zhao
Endocrine therapy adherence: a cross-sectional study of factors affecting adherence and discontinuation of therapy
E. M. Quinn, C. Fleming, M. J. O’Sullivan
Visualisation of the medial longitudinal fasciculus using fibre tractography in multiple sclerosis patients with internuclear ophthalmoplegia
J. P. McNulty, R. Lonergan, J. Bannigan, R. O’Laoide, L. A. Rainford, N. Tubridy
Lifestyle risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetic risk in a sedentary occupational group: the Galway taxi driver study
W. P. Martin, F. Sharif, G. Flaherty
Paediatric learning in a clinical attachment: undergraduate medical students’ perspectives
P. Gouda, S. Fanous, J. Gouda, J. Boland, R. Geoghegan
The involvement of central beta-endorphin in the cardioprotective effects of remote preconditioning mediated by the intracerebroventricular administration of morphine
X. Cheng, Y. E. Zhang, X. Lu, Y. Lu, Z. Chen
Demographic and clinical factors predicting retention in methadone maintenance: results from an Irish cohort
C. D. Darker, J. Ho, G. Kelly, L. Whiston, J. Barry
Evaluation of patients diagnosed with essential arterial hypertension through network analysis
L. Suciu, C. Cristescu, A. Topîrceanu, L. Udrescu, M. Udrescu, V. Buda, M. C. Tomescu
GP supply, deprivation and emergency admission to hospital for COPD and diabetes complications in counties across Ireland: an exploratory analysis
E. Sexton, D. Bedford
Preoperative curves of greater magnitude (>70°) in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis are associated with increased surgical complexity, higher cost of surgical treatment and a delayed return to function
R. C. Tarrant, J. M. Queally, P. F. O’Loughlin, P. Sheeran, D. P. Moore, P. J. Kiely
Prevalence of and risk factors for osteoporosis in adults with acquired brain injury
É. Smith, C. Comiskey, Á. Carroll
Older patient hospital admissions following primary care referral: the truth is in the referring
P. Scully, B. O’Donnell, C. Peters, M. O’Connor, D. Lyons
Effect of flip-flops on lower limb kinematics during walking: a cross-sectional study using three-dimensional gait analysis
T. Sharpe, A. Malone, H. French, D. Kiernan, T. O’Brien
Are beta-blockers effective for preventing post-coronary artery bypass grafting atrial fibrillation? Direct and network meta-analyses
T. Ji, C. Feng, L. Sun, X. Ye, Y. Bai, Q. Chen, Y. Qin, J. Zhu, X. Zhao
Influence of curve magnitude and other variables on operative time, blood loss and transfusion requirements in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
M. Nugent, R. C. Tarrant, J. M. Queally, P. Sheeran, D. P. Moore, P. J. Kiely
Characteristics of coronary artery lesion in patients with and without diabetes mellitus
S. Jia, S. Mi, Y. Zhou, H. Zheng, H. Yang
The body composition phenotype of Irish adults aged 18–81 years
C. Toomey, S. Leahy, K. McCreesh, S. Coote, P. Jakeman
Erratum to: Role of central and peripheral opioid receptors in the cardioprotection of intravenous morphine preconditioning
Y. Lu, C. Dong, J. Yu, L. Li