The impact of outpatient systemic anti-cancer treatment on patient costs and work practices.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical efficacy of adenotonsillectomy is under debate with falling tonsillectomy rates in the UK and Ireland. In 2010, an NHS commissioned randomised controlled trial recommended medical management, leading to some Primary Care Trusts refusing to commission any tonsillectomies at all. With the HSE cutt...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Thong G,Davies K,Murphy E,Keogh I

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During recent years, there has been an exponential demand for joint arthroplasty, which has coincided with the global economic recession. In response, the management of patients following arthroplasty is continuously evolving, with the average inpatient length of stay decreasing from weeks to days, and more ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Galbraith AS,McGloughlin E,Cashman J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MTC) is a rare tumour which occurs in both sporadic and hereditary forms. Mutations of the RET proto-oncogene have been identified in hereditary forms. The aim of our study was to confirm or exclude familial disease by examining for germline mutations in the RET proto-on...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： O'Keeffe DA,Hill AD,Sheahan K,Ryan F,Barton D,Fitzgerald RJ,McDermott EW,O'Higgins NJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the results of treatment of localised prostate cancer with radiation and surgery has identified patients who are at high risk of developing metastatic dissemination. High histologic grade, serum prostate specific antigen above 20 ng/ml, extension beyond the capsule of the prostate, and involvement of lymph...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Armstrong J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Assess the association between the Society for Vascular Surgery/American Association for Vascular Surgery (SVS/AVSS) (Rutherford et al., J Vasc Surg 26: 517-38, 1997; Chaikof et al., J Vasc Surg 35:1061-6, 2002) medical comorbidity scoring scheme (MCS), and the global scoring system (GS) and major m...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Canning P,Doherty G,Tawfick W,Cîndea CN,Hynes N,Sultan S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To describe the epidemiology, outcomes, and prognostic factors of intraocular foreign body (IOFB) injuries at a tertiary ophthalmic referral centre in Cork University Hospital, Ireland. METHODS:A retrospective review of 23 eyes with IOFB that presented to Cork University Hospital (CUH) from January 200...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Bourke L,Bourke E,Cullinane A,O'Connell E,Idrees Z

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in endothelial cell (EC) morphology occur at sites of physiological lymphocyte traffic and in areas of chronic inflammation. Previous studies have shown that EC shape changes also occur in vitro following exposure of EC monolayers to peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC)-derived conditioned media (CM). In t...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Heffernan M,Chance A,Hess EV,Highsmith RF,FitzGerald O

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Doctors' continuing medical educational and professional development (CME and CPD) needs are known to be strongly influenced by national and local contextual characteristics. A crucial step in the development of effective education and training programmes is the assessment of learner needs. METHODS:A nati...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Dowling S,Last J,Finnegan H,O'Connor K,Cullen W

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coroners routinely enquire into suicide deaths and communicate with people bereaved by suicide. However, no research has been conducted into coroners' attitudes towards suicide and its prevention. AIMS:We assessed attitudes towards suicide among Irish coroners in order to determine their understanding of su...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Farrow R,Arensman E,Corcoran P,Williamson E,Perry IJ

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The medical elective is a common component of undergraduate medical education in the UK and Ireland. These are often undertaken in varied hospitals and countries across the world, most of which are not related to their parent institutions, in order to explore specialties and regions of interest. However ex...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Maweni RM,Foley RW,Lupi M,Woods A,Shirazi S,Holm V,Vig S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients underwent one stage surgical management of infected hip prostheses over a five year period. Thirteen were male and six were female. The mean age was 64 years (Range 49-82). The mean time interval between primary and revision surgery was 26 months (Range 6 months-16 years). One stage re-implantation w...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Mulcahy DM,O'Byrne JM,Fenelon GE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of surgery in the intensive care unit (ICU) remains unclear. Although previous studies have not shown any increase in morbidity when operating on patients in the ICU for surgical procedures; there remains a reluctance to operate on sick patients in the ICU. AIM:We did a retrospective study of criti...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Ghallab A,El-Gohary Y,Redmond M,Corbally M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES AND BACKGROUND:Glasgow coma scale (GCS) is considered an important parameter to predict the clinical outcome in head injury; however, in some cases such as the use of sedative drugs the estimate of GCS would not be precise. Bispectral index (BIS) is an electrophysiological parameter to determine the clinical...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Ebtehaj M,Yaqubi S,Seddighi AS,Seddighi A,Yazdi Z

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of primary aldosteronism in pregnancy that was treated surgically by removal of the adenoma in the 2nd trimester. Only a few cases have been reported in the English literature due to the rarity of the condition. Primary aldosteronism follows a variable course in pregnancy. In the majority of cases the...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Aboud E,De Swiet M,Gordon H

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bioassay method for measuring parathyroid hormone (PTH) and other substances that influence bone metabolism is described. Monolayers of bone cells are culturedin vitro, then treated with the test material. Biological activity is determined by measuring the resulting rise in bone-cell adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (c...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： McPartlin J,Powell D

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report experiences in 3 patients with acromegaly while using the somatostatin analogue octreotide. In case 1, a 44 year old male developed pneumococcal meningitis 3 months after having transphenoidal surgery for a pituitary tumour. This occurred with the re-emergence of communication between the surgical tract and ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： O'Hare JA,Abuaisha F,Cotter T

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight carcinoid tumours were stained with monoclonal antibodies to epithelial and neural related intermediate filaments. All were found to express epithelial markers, and none expressed neural markers. These results support the theory that carcinoids are of epithelial, rather than neural crest origin. ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Mooney EE,Casey M,Dervan PA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This article is a follow-up to an audit performed by the Department of Surgery and published in the Irish Journal of Medical Science in 1996. This audit reviewed all cases of Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (IHPS) operated on over 22 years up to 1991. AIMS:We aim to demonstrate that radiologic inves...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Doyle D,O'Neill M,Kelly D

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary pancreatitis is an important cause of chronic pancreatitis, which may result in endocrine and exocrine failure. This may necessitate simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (SPK). Bladder drainage of the exocrine secretions may cause problems. AIM:To report one such case and its surgical corr...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Connolly EM,Osborne H,Hickey DP

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We conducted a study at two main centres for paediatric surgery in the Republic of Ireland, Temple Street Children's University Hospital (TSCUH) and Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin (OLCHC). AIM:The aim of the study was to assess doctors' opinions, frequency and methods of smartphone use in clinical...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： El Hadidy TS,Alshafei AE,Mortell AE,Doherty EM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While considerable changes are happening in primary care in Ireland and considerable potential exists in intelligence derived from practice-based data to inform these changes, relatively few large-scale general morbidity surveys have been published. AIMS:To examine the most common reasons why people attend ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Molony D,Beame C,Behan W,Crowley J,Dennehy T,Quinlan M,Cullen W

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been recognised for some time that mortality rates vary across social class groups, with lower rates in the higher social classes. Internationally, but particularly in Ireland, many studies on the topic of inequalities in mortality have been confined to men, partly because the most frequently used soc...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Layte R,Banks J,Walsh C,McKnight G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Europe, adverse drug reactions and drug interactions are the cause of considerable morbidity and mortality. In over 75s, hospital access due to adverse drug reactions can be as high as 1 in every 3. AIMS:To assess the quality of the prescribed polytherapies in the territory, in terms of the risk of drug ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Petrini E,Caviglia GP,Pellicano R,Saracco GM,Morino M,Ribaldone DG

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-nine inguinal herniorrhaphies were performed under local anaesthetic blockade between 1980 and 1988. This represents 32% of this surgical teams herniorrhaphy operations. A follow-up interview was possible in 82 patients. Satisfaction was expressed by 77 patient (94%) although six of the interviewed patients (7....

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Young MR,Humphries WG,Grainger DJ

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eclampsia is rare in molar pregnancy. Sudden cortical blindness in eclampsia is an uncommon but very dramatic experience for the patient. Because of its rarity, blindness associated with eclampsia may pose a significant problem for the obstetrician. CASE REPORT:We describe cortical blindness and posterior r...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Adali E,Kurdoglu M,Avcu S,Yildizhan R,Adali F,Kolusari A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Scarcity of paediatric cholelithiasis limits the obtainable experience in paediatric laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LPC). We report minilaparotomy cholecystectomy (MLC) in children which may be a useful alternative to LPC avoiding the added cost of disposable laparoscopic equipment. METHODS:Nineteen cases underwent...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Menezes M,Tareen F,Marshall DF,Corbally MT

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new investigative modality, cervicography, has been advocated for cervical screening. In the first 51 patients referred for colposcopy because of an abnormal cervicogram, none had invasive cancer and 75% had preinvasive cancer. The cervicogram appears superior to cytology but inferior to colposcopy in the detection ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Turner MJ,Byrne BM,Flannelly G,Maguire P,Lenehan PM,Murphy JF

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is an essential component of a CDI preventative programme. AIMS:The aim of this study was to evaluate two methods of CDI surveillance. METHODS:Prevalence of CDI, antibiotic use and associated co-morbidity was assessed weekly on two wards over 6 weeks. I...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Lavan AH,McCartan DP,Downes MM,Hill AD,Fitzpatrick F

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Ireland, the paediatric emergency department (PED) is tasked with acute healthcare provision to children and adolescents under 16 years of age. The population > 15 years attending the PED remains undescribed. AIMS:The objective of the study is to describe the presentations of patients > 15 years to the P...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Bennett M,Vecchia CD,Blackburn C,Walsh S,Barrett MJ

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditionally, carboplatin dosage is based on the Calvert formula. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and creatinine clearance (CrCl) are often used interchangeably in this formula. The modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) equation is now routinely available to estimate GFR (eGFR). METHODS:We performe...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Barry A,O'Cearbhaill R,Griffin D,Donnellan P,Keane M,Grimes H

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00