Issue 4/2019
Content (54 Articles)
Intensive Care Society of Ireland — Guidelines for management of the potential organ donor (2018—2nd edition)
Ian Conrick-Martin, Alan Gaffney, Rory Dwyer, Colman O’Loughlin, Frances Colreavy
Ward stories: lessons learned from patient perception of the ward round
Gemma Reddin, Niall F Davis, Kenneth Mc Donald
GDPR: an impediment to research?
Niamh Clarke, Gillian Vale, Emer P. Reeves, Mary Kirwan, David Smith, Michael Farrell, Gerard Hurl, Noel G. McElvaney
Utilisation of critical care services for surgical patients in a model three hospital
Amy Lee Fowler, Orla Cullivan, Shomik Sibartie, Aidan O’Shea, Ronan Waldron, Iqbal Khan, Waqar Khan, Kevin M. Barry
Ireland’s Assisted Decision Making Capacity Act—the potential for unintended effects in critical emergencies: a cross-sectional study of Advanced Paramedic decision making
Gerard Bury, Alan Thompson, Helen Tobin, Mairead Egan
The effect of re-audit and education on antibiotic prescribing practice at Causeway Hospital, Northern Ireland
David N. Johnston, Fatemeh Keshtkar, William Campbell
ICORG 06-35: a prospective evaluation of PET-CT scan in patients with non-operable or non-resectable non-small cell lung cancer treated by radical 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy: a phase II study
Karla A. Lee, Guhan Rangaswamy, Naomi A. Lavan, Mary Dunne, Conor D. Collins, Cormac Small, Pierre Thirion
Osteosarcoma and second malignant neoplasms: a case series
R. L. Geary, L. R. Corrigan, D. N. Carney, M. J. Higgins
Assessing suitability for sacubitril-valsartan therapy in an Irish cohort: challenges and opportunities
Aidan Daly, John J. Coughlan, Thomas Mross, Megan Wafer, Aoife O’Connor, Richard Liston
Serum amyloid A levels are associated with polymorphic variants in the serum amyloid A 1 and 2 genes
Kayleigh Griffiths, Alexander P Maxwell, Rachel V McCarter, Patrick Nicol, Ruth E Hogg, Mark Harbinson, Gareth J. McKay
Ethical dilemmas related to living donor liver transplantation in Asia
Lubna Shazi, Zaigham Abbas
Quantification of the impact of interventional radiology in the management of acute pancreatitis
Holly J. Acton, Douglas Mulholland, William C. Torreggiani
Hypopituitarism post traumatic brain injury (TBI): review
Oratile Kgosidialwa, Amar Agha
The effect of geodemographic factors on the attendance rates at a regional diabetic retinopathy treatment centre
Emily Greenan, Marisa Salim, Daniel Nicholas Coakley, Mark James
Comprehensive evaluation of irisin levels in fetomaternal circulation of pregnant women with obesity or gestational diabetes mellitus
Ali Seven, Esin Yalinbas, Suna Kabil Kucur, Emel Kocak, Ozben Isiklar, Beril Yuksel, Hakan Timur, Mehmet Erbakirci, Nadi Keskin
Satisfaction of the Irish Trauma and Orthopaedic training programme with the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme
Robert Pearse Piggott, John Charles Kelly, Ruairi Farrell MacNiocaill
The long-term outcomes following internal fixation for intracapsular hip fractures in an Irish tertiary referral centre
Michael A. Kelly, Kevin McSorley, Maire-Caitlin Casey, Fintan J. Shannon
Arthroscopic anterior shoulder stabilisation in overhead sport athletes: 5-year follow-up
Kevin Clesham, Fintan J. Shannon
An analysis of childhood consultations in general practice: a multi-practice study
Jane O’Doherty, Ailish Hannigan, Louise Hickey, Walter Cullen, Clodagh O’Gorman, Ray O’Connor, Liam Glynn, Eimear O’Neill, Andrew O’Regan
How does the introduction of free GP care for children impact on GP service provision? A qualitative study of GPs
Geoff McCombe, Neasa Conneally, Aine Harrold, Ayesha Farooq Butt, William Behan, David Molony, Walter Cullen
Improvement in health status with once-daily indacaterol/glycopyrronium 110/50 μg in COPD patients: real-world evidence from an observational study in Ireland
Brian O’Doherty, Jane Dorman, Karen McGrath, Kevin Kelly, David Molony, Seán Lacey, Sarah Whelan, Simon Schmid, Shane Sullivan
Myasthenia gravis and pregnancy: retrospective evaluation of 27 pregnancies in a tertiary center and comparison with previous studies
Atakan Tanacan, Erdem Fadiloglu, Gonca Ozten, Ali Can Gunes, Gokcen Orgul, Mehmet Sinan Beksac
Clinical impact of rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for group B Streptococcus (GBS) in term women with ruptured membranes
Enya F. Fullston, Michael J. Doyle, Mary F. Higgins, Susan J. Knowles
Patient satisfaction with a multidisciplinary colorectal and urogynaecology service
Bobby D. O’Leary, Gerard J. Agnew, Myra Fitzpatrick, Ann M. Hanly
Twenty-four-hour urine NE level as a predictor of the therapeutic response to metoprolol in children with recurrent vasovagal syncope
Qingyu Kong, Xiaofei Yang, Zhifeng Cai, Yanyan Pan, Minmin Wang, Mengmeng Liu, Cuifen Zhao
The role of real-time PCR testing in the investigation of paediatric patients with community-onset osteomyelitis and septic arthritis
Sadhbh O’Rourke, Mary Meehan, Désirée Bennett, Nicola O’Sullivan, Robert Cunney, Patrick Gavin, Roisin McNamara, Noelle Cassidy, Stephanie Ryan, Kathryn Harris, Richard Drew
A retrospective study (2001–2017) of acute and chronic morbidity and mortality associated with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit
Daniel O’Reilly, Ciara O’Connor, Naomi McCallion, Richard J. Drew
Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of traditional medicinal plants from the Erzurum region of Turkey
Sule Ceylan, Serkan Cetin, Yasemin Camadan, Ozlem Saral, Ozge Ozsen, Ahmet Tutus
Prediction of postoperative delirium by comprehensive geriatric assessment among elderly patients with hip fracture
Li Tao, Xu Xiaodong, Meng Qiang, Li Jiao, Zhao Xu
Mood matters: a national survey on attitudes to depression
John R. Kelly, Mary Cosgrove, Cian Judd, Kathy Scott, Aoibheann Mc Loughlin, Veronica O’Keane
Implementation of outcome measurement (HoNOS) in an outpatient psychiatric clinic in Sligo/Leitrim mental health service
James Sweeney, Dimitrios Adamis, Luqman Helmi, Alastair J. D. Macdonald
Smartphone and video game use and perceived effects in a community mental health service
Roberta Rowntree, Larkin Feeney
Packing versus mushroom catheters following incision and drainage in anorectal abscess
Dan Annie Zhu, Lena Mary Houlihan, Helen M. Mohan, Morgan McCourt, Emmet Andrews
Polypropylene mesh and systemic side effects in inguinal hernia repair: current evidence
Cillian Clancy, Patrick Jordan, Paul F. Ridgway
Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with intraperitoneal onlay mesh—results from a general surgical unit
Joshua De Marchi, Florin Remus Sferle, Dermot Hehir
PERioperative Fluid Management in Elective ColecTomy (PERFECT)—a national prospective cohort study
S. Abd Elwahab, E. J. Andrews, P. Balfe, K. Barry, D. Beddy, M. R. Boland, J. C. Bolger, S. Bollard, A. E. Brannigan, D. Breslin, R. Cahill, M. Campbell, K. H. Chang, J. C. Coffey, M. Coleman, E. Condon, F. Cooke, A. Coveney, B. Creavin, J. DeMarchi, L. Devane, N. Donlon, J. Dowling, J. A. Elliott, S. Elmasry, M. Fahim, G. Feeney, C. A. Fleming, N. Foley, D. Gowan, V. Hamilton, A. Hanley, N. Hardy, D. Hehir, M. Hennessy, A. D. K. Hill, N. Hogan, D. Honan, I. Ivanowski, S. Johnston, D. Joyce, M. Joyce, D. E. Kearney, M. E. Kelly, R. Kennelly, C. Keohane, J. Larkin, S. Martin, M. McCourt, F. McDermott, A. McHugh, T. McIntyre, K. Mealy, B. Meshkat, H. M. Mohan, E. Mulligan, J. Mulsow, B. Murphy, K. Murray, N. Narayanan, R. Ni Mhuircheartaigh, E. O’Connell, L. O’Connell, R. P. O’Connell, D. O’Connor, A. O’Dowling, J. O’Driscoll, M. O’Neill, M. O’Riordain, J. O’Riordan, C. Pierce, A. Rayis, A. C. Rogers, E. Ryan, K. Schmidt, R. Sehgal, C. Shields, A. Stakelum, A. Tierney, D. Toomey, M. Twyford, B. Waldron, D. Waldron, D. C. Winter
Postoperative thrombotic effects of tranexamic acid in open heart surgery
Ayten Saracoglu, Mehmet Ezelsoy, Kemal Tolga Saracoglu
Patient-rated physician empathy and patient satisfaction during pain clinic consultations
Sarah Walsh, Aoife O’Neill, Ailish Hannigan, Dominic Harmon
Evidenced-based radiology? A single-institution review of imaging referral appropriateness including monetary and dose estimates for inappropriate scans
James W. Ryan, Aoife Hollywood, Aaron Stirling, Martina Glynn, Peter J. MacMahon, Ferdia Bolster
A 5-year review of a pitch side radiology unit at an international sports stadium
Gavin Sugrue, Matthew T. Crockett, Alan Byrne, Rod Mcloughlin, Susan Maguire, Paddy Gilligan, Eoin C. Kavanagh, Stephen J. Eustace
Why our doctors are leaving Irish emergency medicine training
Jessica Pflipsen, Cian McDermott, Eva Mary Doherty, Niamh Humphries
Nasal foreign bodies in the paediatric emergency department
Lisa Dann, Jaime Doody, Ruth Howard, Carol Blackburn, John Russell, Michael Barrett
Profiling emergency department presentations of 14–15-year-olds in modern Ireland
Therese Martin, Aoife Corcoran, Niofa Canty, James Dillon, Peter O’Reilly, Gillian O’Donnell, John Twomey, Anne-Marie Murphy
Impact of a blizzard on an Irish Emergency Department
Laura Heffernan
Impact of the CYP2D6 phenotype on hyperprolactinemia development as an adverse event of treatment with atypical antipsychotic agents in pediatric patients
Raluca Grădinaru, Nicoleta Andreescu, Laura Nussbaum, Liana Suciu, Maria Puiu
Spectrum of rhabdomyolysis in an acute hospital
Mary Clare McKenna, Michael Kelly, Gerard Boran, Peter Lavin
Acute multiple sclerosis lesion pathology does not predict subsequent clinical course—a biopsy study
Hugh Kearney, Tucker Price, Jane Cryan, Alan Beausang, Seamus Looby, Francesca M. Brett, Michael Farrell
Comparison of nursing aids and registered nurses mixed nursing staffing model with different ratios on the nursing outcomes and cost in Neurology and Neurosurgery Center
Dong Pang, Zhaojun Liu, Lusi Wang
Overexpression of apoptosis-related protein, survivin, in fibroblasts from patients with systemic sclerosis
Mohammad Bagher Mahmoudi, Ehsan Farashahi Yazd, Farhad Gharibdoost, Mohammad Hasan Sheikhha, Elham Karimizadeh, Ahmadreza Jamshidi, Mahdi Mahmoudi
Incidence and outcome of interrupted geriatric rehabilitation requiring acute hospital transfer
Christopher N. Osuafor, Syazwani N. M. Sahimi, Sree Enduluri, Frances McCarthy
Patient perspectives on nonoperative management of acute appendicitis
Hytham K. S. Hamid
Antimicrobial resistance and prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections; where are we now?
Raymond O’Connor, Jane O’Doherty, Andrew O’Regan
No indication for CALR mutation analysis in Irish patients presenting with deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism
Stephen E. Langabeer