Advanced practice physiotherapy in paediatric orthopaedics: innovation and collaboration to improve service delivery.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac arrest due to ischaemia is frequently the first manifestation of cardiovascular disease. We sought to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with a diagnosis of cardiac arrest secondary to acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS:We performed a ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Gorecka M,Hanley A,Burke F,Nolan P,Crowley J

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Childhood obesity is associated with increased risk of adult obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Appropriate techniques for assessment of childhood adiposity are required to identify children at risk. The aim of this review was to examine core clinical measurements and more technical tool...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Horan M,Gibney E,Molloy E,McAuliffe F

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-one epithelial lesions were studied immunohistologically for cytokeratin protein expression using three anticytokeratins CAM 5.2, NCL5D3 and RCK102. Consistent differences were noted between squamous and glandular neoplasms. Squamous and cutaneous carcinomas were found to preferentially express higher molecular...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Mortimer G,Jones DN,Assaf H,al-Ahmadi T

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate David Healy's hypothesis that the development of weighing technologies significantly contributes to the development of anorexia nervosa. A newly developed questionnaire and the EAT-26 were used to investigate these ideas. The key results from this study are that a positive corre...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Walsh DJ,Charlton BG

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:The Structure of Irish General Practice over 23 years was the third in a series of national studies that examined the development of general practice in 1982, 1992, and 2005. AIMS:This study analysed specific data from the 2005 survey to determine the types of services offered by GPs, and to examine the cha...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Ní Shúilleabháin A,O'Kelly M,O'Kelly F,O'Dowd T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of fetal health using ultrasound to establish a biophysical profile in the Rotunda Hospital in 1987 is reported. The corrected perinatal mortality rate fell from 10.0 in 1986 to 6.9 per 1,000 for babies over 500g and from 5.9 in 1986 to 3.4 for babies over 1,000g. This was achieved without significant a...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Gaughan B

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and forty-nine renal transplant patients attending 2 centres in Dublin were examined. Twelve patients (8.1%) were found to have cutaneous malignancy while dysplastic lesions (premalignant and/or malignant) were identified in 34 (22.8%). The prevalence of cutaneous malignancy in this study is substantially ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Bourke JF,Mellott GJ,Young M,Donohoe J,Carmody M,Keogh JA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoid osteoma is a painful benign bone tumour. Previously the standard therapy was surgical excision. Image guided radiofrequency ablation can be clinically applied to ablate the tumour in a minimally invasive manner. AIMS:We present a case of an 18-year-old boy who presented with features of chronic left...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Cantwell CP,Scanlon T,Dudeney S,O'Byrne J,Eustace S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although neck pain is common in patients with chronic rheumatic disorders, any change in the quality or severity of pain should be further investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We report two patients who recently presented with increasing neck pain on a background of chronic inflammatory arthritis. RESULTS...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Ambrose NL,Cunnane G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic tumours are most frequently primary, with lesions secondary to metastasis uncommon. METHODS:This report describes the case of a 61-year-old man who underwent resection of a right thigh leiomyosarcoma 2 years prior to presentation with obstructive jaundice. Subsequent CT and endoscopic ultrasound ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Burke JP,Maguire D,Dillon J,Moriarty M,O'Toole GC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenteric venous thrombosis, "the great mimicker", is a very rare disorder in pregnancy and the puerperium, particularly when not associated with any pre-existing thrombophilia or autoimmune states. We describe a patient requiring a resection of 150 cm of gangrenous small bowel after uncomplicated elective Caesarean ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： McGurgan P,Holohan M,McKenna P,Gorey TF

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Fowler-Stephens orchidopexy (FSO) is a well-described treatment for high maldescended testes where the limiting factor for successful placement in the scrotum is short testicular vessels. The operation involves division of these vessels. The testicular blood supply is then dependent on collaterals from t...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： O'Brien MF,Hegarty PK,Healy C,DeFrietas D,Bredin HC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent developments in the management of severe aortic stenosis have resulted in a paradigm shift in the way we view the condition. Patients previously denied intervention in the form of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) are now candidates for transcatheter aortic valve implantation and the risk and a...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： O'Sullivan KE,Bargenda S,Sugrue D,Hurley J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being the most common benign intracardiac tumour with an excellent prognosis after surgical excision the incidence of atrial myxoma (except at autopsy) is unknown. We reviewed all patients admitted to the National Cardiac Surgery Unit (n = 26) with an atrial myxoma over a fifteen year period (1977-1991) to com...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： MacGowan SW,Sidhu P,Aherne T,Luke D,Wood AE,Neligan MC,McGovern E

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:We report a rare case of iatrogenic tracheal tear during a three-stage oesophagectomy in a 76-year-old woman and review current literature. The tear occurred due to trauma from a double lumen endotracheal tube. We used a novel technique of repairing the tear, which extended to the carina, avoiding a second thoracotomy...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Harney TJ,Condon ET,Lowe D,McAnena OJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment of the Dublin Hospitals Initiative and the Efficiency Review Group as first steps in an "action" plan was based on the report in 1989 of the Commission of Health Funding which suggested that "the solution to the problem facing the Irish health services...(lies) primarily...in the way that services ar...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Brugha CM

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pituitary tuberculosis is an uncommon cause of sellar mass [1]; the estimated prevalence worldwide is not known, and there have been no reports of the condition occurring in Ireland. Tuberculosis of the pituitary gland may present as a sellar mass or with symptoms of hypopituitarism. CASE PRESENTATION:A 4...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Zia-Ul-Hussnain HM,Farrell M,Looby S,Tormey W,Javadpour M,Mcconkey S,Thompson CJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the economic impact of diabetic foot ulceration in the Irish healthcare setting. AIM:Audit of diabetic foot ulcer admissions in St James's Hospital between April 2001 and March 2002. METHODS:Hospital charts were reviewed and costs were calculated on the length of patients' hospital st...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Smith D,Cullen MJ,Nolan JJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency. Its management reflects the efficacy of acute care surgery. Limited theatre space is an escalating issue, especially without dedicated emergency theatre access. Pre-operative delays are associated with longer length of stay, higher costs and post-oper...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Foley MP,MacLean M,Doyle C,Nugent T,Kelly ME,Narouz F,Mehigan B,McCormick P,Larkin J

更新日期：2020-05-01 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:In the last decades, the studies performed on the field of endothelial dysfunction confirmed the fact that the starting point of this pathology is the inflammation. Several inflammatory biomarkers had been discovered and studied, ones showing systemic inflammation, and others being more specific biomarkers a...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Buda V,Andor M,Cristescu C,Voicu M,Cochera F,Tuduce P,Petrescu L,Tomescu MC

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite Ireland's temperate maritime climate, it has the third highest rate of malignant melanoma in the European Union, indicating the need to recognise tanning practices as a risky behaviour, especially amongst those most at risk (the younger population). AIM:To explore the factors associated with deliber...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Flannery C,Burke LA,Grainger L,Williams P,Gage H

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous drug misuse, principally heroin, occurs primarily in the Greater Dublin area. Methadone maintenance treatment has been an important part of the response to opiate misuse in Dublin since 1992. AIMS:To determine the number of opiate-related deaths in Dublin City and County during 1999, to establis...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Ward M,Barry J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety, depression, self-esteem, behavioural deviance and prosocial behaviour were studied in children attending a normal school in a disadvantaged urban area, using self-rated and teacher-rated questionnaires. The prevalence of depression was rated as 5%. 15% described frequent suicidal thoughts. 40% scored as behav...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Murphy M,Fitzgerald M,Kinsella A,Cullen M

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dublin Soft Tissue Sarcoma Panel was established in 1989 with a view to achieving a unified approach to diagnosis and management of soft tissue and visceral sarcomas. This interim report presents data on 265 prospectively-evaluated patients and on a separate retrospective series of 126 patients. The patients in th...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Gaffney EF,Dervan PA,McCabe MM,Sheahan K,Kay EW,Leader M,Doyle J,Daly PA,Fennelly JJ,Carney DN

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To measure the vascular density (VD) and foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area in patients with Behçet's disease (BD) obtained by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). METHODS:VD and FAZ area in the deep and superficial retinal vascular networks were measured in all eyes. RESULTS:Thirty BD and 31 contro...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Türkcü FM,Şahin A,Karaalp Ü,Çınar Y,Şahin M,Özkurt ZG,Keklikçi U

更新日期：2020-02-01 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