Issue 4/2022
Content (60 Articles)
The role of data science in healthcare advancements: applications, benefits, and future prospects
Sri Venkat Gunturi Subrahmanya, Dasharathraj K. Shetty, Vathsala Patil, B. M. Zeeshan Hameed, Rahul Paul, Komal Smriti, Nithesh Naik, Bhaskar K. Somani
Systematic review of latent tuberculosis infection research to inform programmatic management in Ireland
James O’Connell, Eoghan de Barra, Samuel McConkey
Attitudes and perceptions of outpatients towards adoption of telemedicine in healthcare during COVID-19 pandemic
Nithesh Naik, Sufyan Ibrahim, Sumedha Sircar, Vathsala Patil, Belthangady Monu Zeeshan Hameed, Bhavan Prasad Rai, Piotr Chłosta, Bhaskar K. Somani
General data protection regulations (2018) and clinical research: perspectives of patients and doctors in an Irish university teaching hospital
Matthew G. Davey, John P.M. O’Donnell, Elizabeth Maher, Cliona McMenamin, Peter F. McAnena, Michael J. Kerin, Nicola Miller, Aoife J. Lowery
Estimating need for alcohol treatment in Ireland using national treatment surveillance data
Anne Marie Carew, Derek O’Neill, Suzi Lyons, Bobby P. Smyth
Open versus laparoscopic liver resection of colorectal metastases: a meta-analysis of matched patient populations
Michael E. Kelly, Matthew Fahy, Jarlath C. Bolger, Patrick A. Boland, Colm Neary, Gerry P. McEntee, John B. Conneely
The prognostic significance of annexin A family in glioblastoma
Hankun Xu, Xiaoqian Wu, Yingfei Dou, Wei Zheng
SOAT1 is a new prognostic factor of colorectal cancer
Xin-Chun Wang, Lin-Ming Luo, Tao-sheng Huang, Li-feng Feng
UBA2 promotes the progression of renal cell carcinoma by suppressing the p53 signaling
Xinbo Du, Jianguo Shi
THSD7A expression: a novel immunohistochemical determinant in predicting overall survival of metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with targeted therapy
Oktay Halit Aktepe, Fatma Gundogdu, Kemal Kosemehmetoglu, Haci Hasan Yeter, Sercan Aksoy, Deniz Can Guven, Taha Koray Sahin, Deniz Yuce, Neyran Kertmen, Omer Dizdar, Suayib Yalcin, Mustafa Erman
Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis prevalence in the NHS Grampian Medical Ambulatory clinic: diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic considerations in oncology patients
Stavroula Lila Kastora, Olusegun Oduyoye, Shafaq Mahmood
The expression and clinical significance of GPR39 in colon cancer
Xiaoqian Wu, Yingfei Dou, Hankun Xu, Zhichao Jiang
The effect of exercise on disease-free survival and overall survival in patients with breast cancer
Nadiye Akdeniz, Muhammet Ali Kaplan, Mehmet Küçüköner, Zuhat Urakçı, Şahin Laçin, Emre Hüsnü Ceylan, Abdurrahman Işıkdoğan
The effect of mobile health educational intervention on body image and fatigue in breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial
Bahar Bandani-Susan, Ali Montazeri, Mohammad Hossein Haghighizadeh, Marzieh Araban
Clinical value of miR-191-5p in predicting the neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Jie Yu, Aihua Zhou, Ying Li
Predictors of improvement in resting heart rate after exercise training in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
İlknur Naz, Hülya Şahin, Büşra Aktaş
Anti-thrombotics and their impact on inpatient epistaxis management: a tertiary centre experience
Gavin Donaldson, Kwee Yen Goh, Puneet Tiwari, Sangeeta Maini, Bhaskar Ram, Raghav C. Dwivedi
Frequency of masked hypertension in patients with nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas with normal and high normal blood pressure
Fatih Yılmaz, Hasan Sözel, Meryem Keleş, Üstün Yılmaz
Adherence to physical activity recommendations and barriers to physical activity participation among adults with type 1 diabetes
Mary Finn, Mark Sherlock, Sinead Feehan, Emer M. Guinan, Kevin B. Moore
Sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor, Empagliflozin, is associated with significant reduction in weight, body mass index, fasting glucose, and A1c levels in Type 2 diabetic patients with established coronary heart disease: the SUPER GATE study
Satilmis Bilgin, Ozge Kurtkulagi, Tuba Taslamacioglu Duman, Burcin Meryem Atak Tel, Gizem Kahveci, Murat Kiran, Eray Erge, Gulali Aktas
Poor quality of life and sleep in patients with adrenal insufficiency—another cause of increased mortality?
Antje K. Blacha, Peter Kropp, Amir H. Rahvar, Jörg Flitsch, Iris van de Loo, Birgit Harbeck
Clinical efficacy of fixed-dose radioactive iodine for the treatment of hyperthyroidism at a single centre: our experience
Dilip Nair, Robert Maweni, Christoforos Constantinou, Shivanthi Kandiah, Sidhartha Nagala, Theingi Aung
Use of aspirin for primary prevention in patients with diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chia Siang Kow, Dinesh Sangarran Ramachandram, Syed Shahzad Hasan
The impact of diabetes mellitus on medical complication and mortality rates among inpatients with bullous pemphigoid
Shreya Patel, Salma Ahsanuddin, Joshua B. Cadwell, W. Clark Lambert
COVID-19 infection is a major cause of acute telogen effluvium
Khalifa E. Sharquie, Raed I. Jabbar
Skin care advice to patients with multiple sclerosis on Fingolimod treatment at increased risk of skin malignancy—room for improvement?
Lisa O’Higgins, Maria Gaughan, Christopher McGuigan, Aoife Lally
Clinical outcomes at medium-term follow-up of sub-acromial balloon spacer insertion in the operative management of massive rotator cuff tears
Martin S. Davey, Ken Kaar
Diagnostic coding of chronic physical conditions in Irish general practice
Ivana Pericin, James Larkin, Claire Collins
Drug use, harm-reduction practices and attitudes toward the utilisation of drug safety testing services in an Irish cohort of festival-goers
Jo-Hanna Ivers, Nicki Killeen, Eamon Keenan
Kisspeptin levels in relation to sex hormone profile among PCOS patients
Elham Zarei, Maryam Moradi Binabaj, Fatemeh Mohammad Zadeh, Sepideh Bakhshandeh Nosrat, Gholamreza Veghari, Azadreza Mansourian
There is an association between gastro-oesophageal reflux and cow’s milk protein intolerance
Ciara O’Shea, Rizwan Khan
Evaluation of hematological parameters and inflammatory markers in children with COVID-19
Gulsum Alkan, Ahmet Sert, Melike Emiroglu, Sadiye Kubra Tuter Oz, Husamettin Vatansev
Factors affecting the mother’s choice of infant feeding method in Poland: a cross-sectional preliminary study in Poland
Anna Rozensztrauch, Magdalena Klaniewska, Marta Berghausen-Mazur
Prevalence of linezolid-resistant organisms among patients admitted to a tertiary hospital for critical care or dialysis
Kornelia Maria Dembicka, James Powell, Nuala H. O’Connell, Noreen Hennessy, Grainne Brennan, Colum P. Dunne
A comparative study of laboratory findings in PCR-positive and PCR-negative COVID-19 hospitalized patients
Hassan Abolghasemi, Davood Bashash, Ramezan Jafari, Parisa Naseri, Mahdieh Farzanehpour, Masomeh Bolandian, Majdedin Ghalavand, Mohammad Mahdi Pourhaji Chaghush, Hossein Aghamollaei, Hamid Sedighian, Abbas Ali Imani Fooladi
Quantitative but not qualitative flavor recognition impairments in COVID-19 patients
Immacolata Cristina Nettore, Elena Cantone, Giuseppe Palatucci, Fabiana Franchini, Rufina Maturi, Mariagiovanna Nerilli, Elio Manzillo, Maria Foggia, Luigi Maione, Paola Ungaro, Annamaria Colao, Paolo Emidio Macchia
Can we trust in Sars-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing? Preliminary results from a paediatric cohort in the emergency department
Marco Denina, Virginia Giannone, Antonio Curtoni, Elisa Zanotto, Silvia Garazzino, Antonio Francesco Urbino, Claudia Bondone
Evaluation of molecular testing for Mycoplasma genitalium for symptomatic women
Carina Brehony, Maeve Eogan, John S. Lambert, Richard J. Drew
Fatal pulmonary thromboembolism in asymptomatic COVID-19
Gerard Keane, Tony Dorman
Cross-sectional analysis of coding, patient characteristics, consultation frequency and pharmacological treatment of adults with severe mental disorders in Irish general practice
James Larkin, Ivana Pericin, Brian Osborne, Philip Dodd, Claire Collins
‘The medical gaze’: Foucault, anthropology and contemporary psychiatry in Ireland
Aoife K O’Callaghan
Core curriculum in pathology for future Irish medical students
Hilary Humphreys, Niall Stevens, Louise Burke, Mariam Sheehan, Siobhán Glavey, Mary Keogan, Erum Rasheed
A comparison of intra-operative diagnosis to histopathological diagnosis of acute appendicitis in paediatric and adult cohorts: an analysis of over 1000 patients
Johnathon Harris, Christina A. Fleming, Paul N. Stassen, Daniel Mullen, Helen Mohan, James Foley, Anna Heeney, Emmeline Nugent, Karl Schmidt, Ken Mealy
Ascaris lumbricoides and the surgical complications: our experience from Medical College Hospital
Yaqoob Hassan, Sanaan Ajaz Rather, Ajaz Ahmad Rather, Mohd Kamran Banday
Riding the waves: the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on a national surgical training cohort
Orla Hennessy, Amy Lee Fowler, Conor Hennessy, David Brinkman, Aisling Hogan, Emmeline Nugent, Myles Joyce
A desktop systems analysis of critical incidents within a university hospital department of anaesthesia
Cormac F. Mullins, Ross Free, Daire Kelly, Jennifer M. Porter
Correlation of olfactory dysfunction with lung involvement and severity of COVID-19
Ali R. Yağmur, Şeyda Akbal Çufalı, Adalet Aypak, Murathan Köksal, Yasin C. Güneş, Kürşat M. Özcan
Ubi pus, ibi evacua: a review of 601 peritonsillar abscess adult cases
Giorgos Sideris, Vangelis Malamas, George Tyrellis, Pavlos Maragkoudakis, Alexander Delides, Thomas Nikolopoulos
JKAP, Th1 cells, and Th17 cells are dysregulated and inter-correlated, among them JKAP and Th17 cells relate to cognitive impairment progression in Alzheimer’s disease patients
Junyan Zeng, Jie Liu, Qiumin Qu, Xiongfei Zhao, Jie Zhang
Long non-coding RNA Plasmacytoma variant 1 in acute ischemic stroke: association with disease risk, severity, and recurrence-free survival and relation with inflammatory cytokines
Liqiang Yu, Weihua Ling, Qi Fang
Neurotrauma admissions and COVID-19: a National Centre experience
Jack Horan, John C. Duddy, Brian Gilmartin, Michael Amoo, Deirdre Nolan, Paula Corr, Mohammed Ben Husien, Ciaran Bolger
Novel phenotype and genotype spectrum of NARS2 and literature review of previous mutations
Mohammad Vafaee-Shahi, Mohammad Farhadi, Ehsan Razmara, Saeid Morovvati, Saeide Ghasemi, Seyedeh Sedigheh Abedini, Zohreh Bagher, Rafieh Alizadeh, Masoumeh Falah
Comparison of diagnostic performances in the evaluation of breast microcalcifications: synthetic mammography versus full-field digital mammography
Pinar Kilic, Halit Nahit Sendur, Serap Gultekin, Isil Imge Gultekin, Emetullah Cindil, Mahinur Cerit
Assessment of BNP and BDNF results in elective endovascular cerebral aneurysm treatment
Abdullah Sukun, Bulent Cekic
Emergency medical admissions and COVID-19: impact on 30-day mortality and hospital length of stay
Richard P. Conway, Declan G. Byrne, Deirdre M. R. O’Riordan, Brian D. Kent, Barry M. J. Kennedy, Clíona M. Ní Cheallaigh, Brian P. O’Connell, Nadim B. Akasheh, Joseph G. Browne, Bernard M. Silke
A pilot study on the melatonin treatment in patients with early septic shock: results of a single-center randomized controlled trial
Abbas Taher, Farnaz Shokoohmand, Elham Abdoli, Younes Mohammadi, Maryam Mehrpooya
Thiol level and total oxidant/antioxidant status in patients with COVID-19 infection
Gökhan Çakırca, Tuba Damar Çakırca, Murat Üstünel, Ayşe Torun, İsmail Koyuncu
The relationship between mortality and inflammatory markers and the systemic immune inflammatory index in patients in the intensive care unit with a pneumothorax as a complication of COVID-19 disease
Suleyman Anıl Akboga, Anıl Gokce, Merve Hatipoglu, Muhammet Ali Beyoglu, Kubilay Inan, Aysegul Inci Sezen, Hayriye Cankar Dal, Yucel Akkas, Sema Turan, Bulent Kocer
Anatomical and functional outcomes in combined rhegmatogenous retinal and choroidal detachment pre-treated with systemic corticosteroid: a case series
Fergus Doyle, David Keegan
Implicit racial bias among medical graduates and students by an IAT measure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bahman Ahadinezhad, Omid Khosravizadeh, Aisa Maleki, Ailar Hashtroodi