Issue 4/2018
Content (44 Articles)
Investigating the cost implications of including all respiratory medicines in PCRS schemes
Jackie O’Dwyer, Aileen Murphy
Barriers to the medication error reporting process within the Irish National Ambulance Service, a focus group study
Eamonn Byrne, Gerard Bury
Quality of information on the Internet—has a decade made a difference?
Jeyanthi Kulasegarah, Kassandra McGregor, Murali Mahadevan
Breast cancer and chronic pain: a mixed methods review
Lorraine R. Feeney, Shona M. Tormey, Dominic C. Harmon
The emerging role of stereotactic radiotherapy in gastrointestinal malignancies: a review of the literature and analysis from the Irish perspective
Siobhra O’Sullivan, Daniel N. Cagney
A meta-analysis of consanguinity and breast cancer
John B. Wild, Mei-Ju Hwang, Gabriela Jones
Evaluation of the effect of the accordion suturing technique on wound lengths in breast cancer surgery: a randomised clinical trial
Michael Ita, Kevin Koh, Abeeda Butt, Shaheed KaimKhani, Louise Kelly, Martin J. O’Sullivan, Henry Paul Redmond, Mark A. Corrigan
A positive conversion in hormone receptor and HER2 status might have an impact on survival after liver resection for breast cancer metastases
Kadri Altundag
Prediction efficiency of serum cystatin C for clinical outcome in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy
Zhong-bao Ruan, Ge-cai Chen, Yin Ren, Li Zhu
Cardiovascular disease risk factor profile of male Gaelic Athletic Association sports referees
Catherine Noelle O’Riordan, Micheál Newell, Gerard Flaherty
Cytomegalovirus infection and steroid-refractory inflammatory bowel disease: possible relationship from an updated meta-analysis
Chen-Chen Liu, Shusheng Ji, Yuanyuan Ding, Lili Zhou, Xiangyu Liu, Wen Li
Timed colonoscopy withdrawal, a mandatory quality measure in the era of national screening?
Vikrant Parihar, Claire O’Leary, Paud O’Reagan
Financial impact of inaccurate Adverse Event recording post Hip Fracture surgery: Addendum to 'Adverse event recording post hip fracture surgery'
Matthew J. Lee, Kevin Doody, Khalid M. S. Mohamed, Audrey Butler, John Street, Brian Lenehan
A snapshot of type two diabetes mellitus management in general practice prior to the introduction of diabetes Cycle of Care
Jennifer V. Gettings, Raymond O’Connor, Jane O’Doherty, Ailish Hannigan, Walter Cullen, Louise Hickey, Andrew O’Regan
Dedicated general practitioner education sessions can improve diagnostic capabilities and may have a positive effect on referral patterns for common skin lesions
Suzanne M. Beecher, Cillian Keogh, Claragh Healy
Antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI) in primary care; what factors affect prescribing and why is it important? A narrative review
Ray O’Connor, Jane O’Doherty, Andrew O’Regan, Colum Dunne
Child Art Psychotherapy in CAMHS in Ireland—a parent satisfaction study
Ezgi Tanıl, Aynur Coşkunlu, Aisling Mulligan
The importance of standardisation of measurement and reference intervals for detection of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL)
Tomás P. Griffin, Delia Bogdanet, Patrick Navin, Grace Callagy, Paula M. O’Shea, Marcia Bell
A comparison of diagnostic performance of vacuum-assisted biopsy and core needle biopsy for breast microcalcification: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Xu Chen Huang, Xu Hua Hu, Xiao Ran Wang, Chao Xi Zhou, Fei Fei Wang, Shan Yang, Gui Ying Wang
The role of liver resection in patients with metastatic breast cancer: a systematic review examining the survival impact
Sadia Tasleem, Jarlath C. Bolger, Michael E. Kelly, Michael R. Boland, Dermot Bowden, Karl J. Sweeney, Carmel Malone
Port insertion for minimally invasive surgery: a report of practices in the Irish Republic
Cuan M. Harrington, Dara O. Kavanagh, Sean Tierney, Richard Deane, Dermot Hehir
Non-operative treatment of appendicitis: public perception and decision-making
Emer P. O’Connell, Annmarie White, Paul Cromwell, Emma Carroll, Waqar Khan, Ronan Waldron, Iqbal Z. Khan, Kevin Barry
Mortality rates of patients undergoing emergency laparotomy in an Irish university teaching hospital
Aoife C. Kiernan, Peadar S. Waters, Sean Tierney, Paul Neary, Maria Donnelly, Dara O. Kavanagh, Bridget Egan
Lumbar sympathectomy can improve symptoms associated with ischaemia, vasculitis, diabetic neuropathy and hyperhidrosis affecting the lower extremities—a single-centre experience
Sean C. Maguire, Christina A. Fleming, Gavin O’Brien, Gerald McGreal
The College of Anaesthetists of Ireland Simulation Training programme: a descriptive report and analysis of course participants’ feedback
Aine Cafferkey, Elizabeth Coyle, David Greaney, Sinead Harte, Niamh Hayes, Miriam Langdon, Birgitt Straub, Crina Burlacu
Neurological autoantibodies in drug-resistant epilepsy of unknown cause
Mehmet Tecellioglu, Ozden Kamisli, Suat Kamisli, Fatma Ebru Yucel, Cemal Ozcan
Evaluation of regulatory T lymphocytes and IL2Ra and FOXP3 gene expression in peripheral mononuclear cells from patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Sara Rashid Chehreh Bargh, Abbas Tafakhori, Farimah Masoumi, Farzaneh Rahmani, Mona Ahmadi, Afshin Namdar, Maryam Azimi, Parsova Tavasolian, Sima Habibi, Babak Zamani, Marziyeh Maserrat, Maryam Sadr, Farshid Noorbakhsh, Nima Rezaei
The benefits of a Neurogenetics clinic in an adult Academic Teaching Hospital
Diana A. Olszewska, Terri McVeigh, Emer M. Fallon, Gregory M. Pastores, Tim Lynch
Can the synthetic C view images be used in isolation for diagnosing breast malignancy without reviewing the entire digital breast tomosynthesis data set?
Mark C. Murphy, Louise Coffey, Ailbhe C. O’Neill, Cecily Quinn, Ruth Prichard, Sorcha McNally
Plasma concentration of urokinase plasminogen activator receptor is a marker of kidney allograft function
Marzena Staniszewska, Violetta Dziedziejko, Ewa Kwiatkowska, Marta Tkacz, Kamila Puchałowicz, Krzysztof Safranow, Leszek Domanski, Andrzej Pawlik
Clinical characteristics of Black patients with hypertensive urgency
Robert Munashe Maweni, Nicholas Sunderland, Zahra Rahim, Emmanuella Odih, Jins Kallampallil, Thomas Saunders, Srikanth Akunuri
Fifteen-year outcomes of an acute medical admission unit
Richard Conway, Declan Byrne, Seán Cournane, Deirdre O’Riordan, Bernard Silke
An assessment of deep venous thrombosis in Irish older adults in an acute medical assessment unit
Christopher Nnaemeka Osuafor, Adedayo Olawuni, Mary Savage, Carlos Baeta, Ricardo Bagina
Blunt testicular trauma – is surgical exploration necessary?
E. J. Redmond, F. T. Mac Namara, S. K. Giri, H. D. Flood
Emphasis of FAS/FASL gene polymorphism in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
Cavit Ceylan, Sedat Yahşi, Serkan Doğan, Elife ÖztÜrk, Gulay Ceylan
Shock wave lithotripsy or retrograde intrarenal surgery: which one is more effective for 10–20-mm renal stones in children
Giray Ergin, Mustafa Kirac, Burak Kopru, Turgay Ebiloglu, Yusuf Kibar, Hasan Biri
Festschrift for Patrick Ronan (PR) O’Connell (also known as ROCON): reconciling surgery and science
John Calvin Coffey
Festschrift for Ronan O’Connell: pouchitis, ulcerative colitis and the microbiome
Aonghus Lavelle
Prof Ronan O’Connell Festschrift: Stricture pathogenesis in Crohn’s disease—the role of intestinal fibroblasts
Jürgen Mulsow