Issue 4/2021
Content (61 Articles)
Active vitamin D supplementation and COVID-19 infections: review
Nakhoul Farid, Nakhoul Rola, Elias A. T. Koch, Nakhoul Nakhoul
Hip fracture care during Covid-19: a regional trauma centre’s experience
Geoff Crozier-Shaw, Andrew J. Hughes, Breda Conlon, Eoin Sheehan, Khalid Merghani
The impact of COVID-19 on trauma referrals to a National Neurosurgical Centre
Jack Horan, John C. Duddy, Brian Gilmartin, Michael Amoo, Deirdre Nolan, Paula Corr, Mohammed Ben Husien, Ciaran Bolger
Virtual oncology clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic
David O’Reilly, Hailey Carroll, Mairi Lucas, Jane Sui, Maha Al Sendi, David McMahon, Waseem Darwish, Ronan McLaughlin, Mohammed Raza Khan, Hazel O Sullivan, Sonya Chew, Colum Dennehy, Catherine M. Kelly, John McCaffrey, Megan Greally, Desmond Carney, Michaela J. Higgins
Chemotherapy in the Covid-19 era: the patient’s perception
Maeve A. Hennessy, Anna Linehan, Darren Cowzer, Zachary L. Coyne, Orla Fitzpatrick, Fiona Barrett, Roisin Ni Dhonaill, Bryan T. Hennessy, Liam Grogan, Patrick G. Morris, Oscar S. Breathnach
French survey on a cohort of emergency general surgery modifications induced by lockdown of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Clement Julien, Pauline Duconseil, Diane Mege, Damien Massalou, Todor Ivanov, Raffaele Brustia, Ghislain Pauleau, Stéphane V. Berdah, Thierry Bège, Nassiba Beghdadi, Francesco Brunetti, Nicola De’angelis, Hassen Hentati, Lelde Lauka, Alexis Laurent, Yaacov Malka, Margherita Notarnicola, Daniele Sommacale, Paul Balandraud, Stéphane Bourgouin, Tristan Monchal, Yvain Goudard, Myriam Tregarot, Laure Regis-Marigny, Guillain Schlinger, Ludivine Gan, Mickael Vinot, Aurélie Maignan, Olivier Picaud, Isabelle Chevalier, Vincent Dubuisson, Rémy Bonmardion, Emilia Ragot, Mihane Nayeri, Cécilia Frasconi, Silviu Bors, Franck Delacoste, Laura Beyer-Berjot, David Birnbaum, Théophile Guilbaud, Charles Vanbrugghe
The incidence of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients with COVID-19 compared with critically ill non-COVID patients
Sean Boyd, Ignacio Martin-Loeches
An investigation of risk factors of in-hospital death due to COVID-19: a case-control study in Rasht, Iran
Arsalan Salari, Marjan Mahdavi-Roshan, Zeinab Ghorbani, Seyede Sahere Mortazavi, Mona Naghshbandi, Farsima Faraghnia, Morteza Rahbar Taramsari, Zahra Ahmadnia
Most notable 100 articles of COVID-19: an Altmetric study based on bibliometric analysis
Betul Borku Uysal, Mehmet Sami Islamoglu, Suna Koc, Mehmet Karadag, Mehmet Dokur
How the language we speak determines the transmission of COVID-19
Georgios P. Georgiou, Chris Georgiou, Ahmad Kilani
Differences in patient satisfaction with virtual telephone clinics in a tertiary referral centre for otolaryngology during and after lockdown measures during the SARS-Cov2 pandemic
Justin M. Hintze, Isobel O’Riordan, Tanvir Hussain, Emma Keane, Paula Casserly
Crowdfunding for anticancer therapies: an analysis of non-US GoFundMe pages
Shahid Iqbal, Dearbhaile Catherine Collins
Post-surgery anxiety and depression in prostate cancer patients: prevalence, longitudinal progression, and their correlations with survival profiles during a 3-year follow-up
Su Hu, Li Li, Xiaoling Wu, Zhengqing Liu, Adan Fu
Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for colorectal peritoneal metastases: outcomes from a national centre in the current era
Michael Eamon Kelly, Edward Murphy, Alan Martin Keyes, Mohammad Faraz Khan, Jarlath C. Bolger, Josh Grundy, John Conneely, John MacHale, John McCaffrey, Ronan Cahill, Brendan Moran, Conor Shields, Jürgen Mulsow
An audit of the cervical screening programme in the National Drug Treatment Centre (NDTC)
Maeve Haran, John R. Kelly, Liam Kennedy, Kieran Hennigan, Huma Farid, Cristina Herteu, Anna Kreisel, Shamus Salehin, Marie O’ Sullivan, Shay Keating, Jo-Hanna Ivers, Mike Scully
Diagnostic utility of circulating plasma microRNA-101a in severity of coronary heart disease
Huai Yu, Ying-Feng Tu, Hui-Min Liu, Mao-En Xu
Impact of photodocumentation of caecal intubation on colonoscopy outcomes
Brendan Moran, Rishabh Sehgal, Neil O’Morain, Eoin Slattery, Chris Collins
Evaluation of salusin-α and salusin-β levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and determination of the impact of severity of hyperglycemia on salusin levels
Derya Argun, Ferit Argun, Betul Borku Uysal
Efficacy of hydrotherapy treatment for the management of chronic low back pain
Masoud Mirmoezzi, Khadijeh Irandoust, Cyrine H’mida, Morteza Taheri, Khaled Trabelsi, Achraf Ammar, Nesa Paryab, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Beat Knechtle, Hamdi Chtourou
Perioperative dexamethasone administration reduces ‘on-demand’ opioid requirements in bilateral total hip arthroplasty
David Keohane, Gerard A. Sheridan, James Harty
A peer-led survey of student alcohol Behaviours and motives in undergraduate students
Anna McAleer, Aisling Daly, Sorcha Leary, Joe Barry, Martina Mullin, Jo-Hanna Ivers
A review of findings from placental histology in cases of stillbirth following the amendment to the Coroner’s Act
Sarah Cullen, Eoghan Mooney, Paul Downey
Evaluation of maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnancy with high BMI
Orla Bracken, Ream Langhe
Prevalence of illicit tobacco use and tobacco tax avoidance in pregnancy
Brendan P. McDonnell, Robert McCausland, Sheila Keogan, Luke Clancy, Carmen Regan
Maternal morbidity in placenta accreta spectrum following introduction of a multi-disciplinary service compared to standard care: an Irish perspective
Helena C. Bartels, Karen M. Mulligan, Simon Craven, Ailin C. Rogers, Shane Higgins, Donal J. O’Brien, Ruaidhri McVey, Peter McParland, Jennifer M. Walsh, Stephen Carroll, Siobhan Corcoran, Mike Robson, Rhona Mahony, Paul Downey, David Brophy, Gabrielle Colleran, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Donal J. Brennan
Obesity contributes to lower urinary system voiding dysfunction in childhood
Mehmet Karaci
Review of claudin proteins as potential biomarkers for necrotizing enterocolitis
Victoria Griffiths, Niazy Al Assaf, Rizwan Khan
Evaluation of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with cerebral palsy, caregivers’ quality of life, and caregivers' fear of COVID-19 with telemedicine
Damla Cankurtaran, Nihal Tezel, Sadik Yigit Yildiz, Gulnur Celik, Ece Unlu Akyuz
Comparison of urine albumin creatinine ratio with the pediatric index of mortality 2 score for prediction of pediatric intensive care unit outcomes
Shifa Nismath, Suchetha S. Rao, B. S. Baliga, Vaman Kulkarni, Gayatri M. Rao
A randomized trial to compare procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in assessing severity of sepsis and in guiding antibacterial therapy in Egyptian critically ill patients
Walid A. Ali, Naglaa S. Bazan, Ahmed A. Elberry, Raghda R. S. Hussein
Geocoding cryptosporidiosis cases in Ireland (2008–2017)—development of a reliable, reproducible, multiphase geocoding methodology
Lisa Domegan, Patricia Garvey, Paul McKeown, Howard Johnson, Paul Hynds, Jean O’Dwyer, Coilín ÓhAiseadha
Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease: experience of first 100 cases performed under conscious sedation with flexible bronchoscope
Anne M. O’Mahony, Louise Burke, Alberto Cavazza, Michael M. Maher, Marcus P. Kennedy, Michael T. Henry
Prone position in wards for spontaneous breathing Covid-19 patients: a retrospective study
Johan Wormser, Christophe Romanet, François Philippart
The suburban-city divide: an evaluation of emergency department mental health presentations across two centres
Caoimhe McLoughlin, Aoibheann McLoughlin, Sudha Jain, Ahad Abdalla, John Cooney, Siobhan MacHale
Old age psychiatry in the house: assessing the impact of a service transition from consultation to liaison old age psychiatry
Barry McCarthy, Amanda Wilkinson, Matthew Sadlier
Taking histories: joint working of disciplines in medical history scholarship
Daniel Duma, Linus Wong, Desmond O’Neill, Brendan D. Kelly
Natalia Zylberlast-Zand (1883–1942)
Katarzyna Pekacka-Falkowska, Anna-Maria Pekacka-Egli
Effect of post-perfusion hyperoxemia on early graft function in renal transplant recipients: a retrospective observational cohort study
Bora Dinc, Vural T. Yilmaz, İlker O. Aycan, Abdullah Kisaoglu, Ozgur Dandin, Bulent Aydinli, Necmiye Hadimioglu, Zeki Ertug
The surgical admission proforma: the impact on quality and completeness of surgical admission documentation
Enda Hannan, Abrar Ahmad, Aoife O’Brien, Sinead Ramjit, Shahbaz Mansoor, Desmond Toomey
Does instillation of lidocaine gel following flexible cystoscopy decrease the severity of post procedure symptoms? A randomised controlled trial assessing the efficacy of lidocaine gel post flexible cystoscopy
K. G. Keane, E. J. Redmond, C. McIntyre, E. O’Connor, A. Madden, C. O’Connell, S. M. Inder, L. G. Smyth, A. Z. Thomas, R. J. Flynn, R. P. Manecksha
The hospital difficult airway team: experience and implications for patient care
Lyn Li Lean, Benjamin Zhao Bin Chin, Li Ying Koh, Ne-Hooi Will Loh, May-Han Loh
Consequences of FFP3 mask usage on venous blood gases
Gokhan Yalciner, Mehmet Ali Babademez, Fatih Gul, Serkan Serifler, Kadir Sinasi Bulut, Levent Ozturk
The correlation of non-motor symptoms and sleep on balance in Parkinson’s disease patients with normal cognition and mild cognitive impairment
Mevhibe Saricaoglu, Nesrin Helvaci Yilmaz, Fahriye Feriha Ozer, Lutfu Hanoglu
Clinical value of digital tomographic fusion imaging in the diagnosis of avascular necrosis of the femoral head in adults
Jiangang Zhang, Zhuhai Wang, Ge Hong
Collection and storage of forensic evidence to enable subsequent reporting of a sexual crime to the police “Option 3”—an Irish experience
Daniel Kane, Christine Pucillo, Nicola Maher, Maeve Eogan
Progressive survival improvement of incident dialysis patients in a tertiary center, Ireland
Elhussein A. E. Elhassan, Sinead Stoneman, Patrick O’Kelly, Veronica Francis, Mark Denton, Colm Magee, Declan G. de Freitas, Conall M. O’Seaghdha, John Donohoe, Peter J. Conlon
Academic background, professional experience, and research achievements of United States academic ophthalmology leadership
Assaf Gershoni, Alon Tiosano, Oren Gabbay, Mor Schlesinger, Uri Elbaz, Edward Barayev, Gad Dotan
Community optometrist-led post-operative cataract care: how many patients re-present to the hospital ophthalmic department?
Amy O’Regan, Aisling McGlacken-Byrne, Shivona Chetty, Paul Mullaney
A new easily accessible and practical method for dynapenia screening: blink rate
Remzi Bahşi, Volkan Atmiş, Cağlar Coşarderelioğlu, Hande Selvi Öztorun, Deniz Mut Sürmeli, Tuğba Turgut, Ahmet Yalçin, Sevgi Aras, Murat Varli
Test-retest reliability of the functional reach test and the hand grip strength test in older adults using nursing home services
Soraia Ferreira, Armando Raimundo, José Marmeleira
Step zero: optimising nutrition for physical and mental health wellbeing during COVID-19
Fiona McNicholas, Louise Furey-Burke
Remdesivir and COVID-19 infection, therapeutic benefits or unnecessary risks?
Antonio Vitiello, Francesco Ferrara, Raffaele La Porta
Prevalence of dry mouth in COVID-19 patients with and without Sicca syndrome in a large hospital center
Joseph Katz
Decrease in tramadol use started in 2011 in Sweden
Rickard Ljung, Maria Grünewald, Paulina Tuvendal, Carola Bardage
Letter to the editor: Citations from predatory journals must be discouraged and how to identify predatory journals and publishers
Farooq Azam Rathore, Fareeha Farooq
Procalcitonin accurately predicts mortality but not bacterial infection in COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care unit
Charlotte Vanhomwegen, Ioannis Veliziotis, Stefano Malinverni, Deborah Konopnicki, Philippe Dechamps, Marc Claus, Alain Roman, Fréderic Cotton, Nicolas Dauby
The impact of the World Military Games on the COVID-19 pandemic
Amy Elise Winter
European food safety guidelines on dietary phosphate additives: implications for people with chronic kidney disease
Fiona Byrne, Barbara Gillman, Emer O’ Reilly, Oonagh Smith, Irene Cronin, Joseph Eustace