Correction to: MRI and multiple sclerosis-the evolving role of MRI in the diagnosis and management of MS: a clinician's perspective.

abstract：:A 48 year old patient with resistant coeliac disease developed prolonged unexplained pyrexia after surgery for small bowel volvulus. Despite extensive investigations and intensive antibiotic therapy, he deteriorated and died eight weeks postoperatively and significant isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis was discover...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Cherukuri AK,Maloney M,O'Briain DS,Weir DG

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate condylar, ramal, and condylar plus ramal vertical mandibular asymmetry in patients with unilateral posterior crossbite (UPCB) and in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) compared with subjects having normal occlusion. DESIGN:This cross-sectional study evaluated panoramic radiographs ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Abad-Santamaría L,López-de-Andrés A,Jiménez-Trujillo I,Ruíz C,Romero M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early Warning Systems (EWS) track the physiological parameters of individual patients and trigger a response when the parameter threshold has been reached. The use of early warning scores in adult hospital medicine has been shown to be beneficial in facilitating the early recognition of the deteriorating patient, ther...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Nair S,Spring A,Dockrell L,Mac Colgain S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate whether hypersplenism is related to the age of onset of liver disease. METHODS:Hypersplenism was assessed in 84 consecutive cirrhotic patients attending a university hospital liver clinic. RESULTS:Hypersplenism was present in 78% of patients and severe in 39%. Sever...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： McCormick PA,Walker S,Benepal R

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive illness that is mostly managed in the general practice setting. The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines are the international gold standard, and it is important to understand how these are being applied in gene...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Sehl J,O'Doherty J,O'Connor R,O'Sullivan B,O'Regan A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholelithiasis typically presents with right upper quadrant pain, as can pain from other right upper quadrant organs. Pain of cholelithiasis is often referred to tip of scapula. Professor Paddy Collins drew attention to fact that patients with gallstone pain would attempt to demonstrate this by placing their...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Gilani SN,Bass G,Leader F,Walsh TN

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing (DST) is a rapid means of diagnosing urinary tract infection (UTI) and obtaining antibiotic sensitivity patterns of the infecting organisms. In this study 227 urine samples from general practice were analysed using this technique with those obtained using the standard laboratory m...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Scully PG,O'Shea B,Flanagan KP,Falkiner FR

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the Free Cortisol Index, an indirect measurement of the free or metabolically active portion of circulating cortisol, is described. Patients with non-adrenal disease had FCl values in the same range as normal subjects and in patients with adrenal disease the FCl values moved in the same direction as...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Brien TG,Hingerty DJ

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although good evidence exists regarding the clinical effectiveness of mechanical thrombectomy for people with acute ischaemic stroke, cost-effectiveness should also be considered. The aim of this study was to systematically review the evidence of cost-effectiveness of emergency endovascular therapy using mechan...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Teljeur C,Harrington P,Glynn RW,Ryan M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) is a surgical procedure that has been shown to have an antiarrhythmic and antifibrillatory effect. Evidence indicating its antiarrhythmic effect has been available for over 100 years. It involves the removal of the lower half of the stellate ganglion and T2-T4 of t...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： McNamara C,Cullen P,Rackauskas M,Kelly R,O'Sullivan KE,Galvin J,Eaton D

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative sore throat (POST) is a common complication following tracheal intubation. The effectiveness of prophylactic dexamethasone on POST needs further elucidation. AIMS:To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of intravenous dexamethasone for the prevention of POST in patients undergoing endotrachea...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Sun L,Guo R,Sun L

更新日期：2014-12-01 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:There is no agreeing if rescue therapy can avoid short-term colectomy in patients treated for severe steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis. AIMS:The aim of our study was to identify predictors of response to infliximab and cyclosporine A. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, 49 patients with severe ulcer...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Ribaldone DG,Dileo I,Pellicano R,Resegotti A,Fagoonee S,Vernero M,Saracco G,Astegiano M

更新日期：2018-05-01 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:The incidence and prevalence of childhood chronic disease is increasing worldwide. Obesity, poor diet and lifestyle may be more prevalent in children with a chronic disease than in their healthier contemporaries. The Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study is a nationally representative cohort study of children li...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Fitzgerald MP,Hennigan K,O'Gorman CS,McCarron L

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Optimal risk factor control is integral to managing patients with proven coronary heart disease (CHD+) and for those at risk of coronary heart disease (CHD-). The primary aim of the study was to assess the success rate of reaching lipid risk factor targets in a multiple risk factor clinic. METHODS:A retro...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Dunne M,Mac Ananey O,Markham C,Maher V

更新日期：2013-12-01 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:Whether developments in palliative care have impacted on where cancer patients die is unknown. We investigated time trends in place of death for colorectal cancer. METHODS:Details were abstracted on 10,175 colorectal cancer deaths during 1994-2004. Time trends were analysed by joinpoint regression. RESULTS...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Ó Céilleachair A,Finn C,Deady S,Carsin AE,Sharp L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To review the clinical impact of vertebroplasty in osteoporotic and myelomatous compression fractures METHODS:Eleven compression fractures in eight patients were treated by percutaneous cement vertebroplasty over a three-year period, May 2000 to May 2003. RESULTS:Successful percutaneous stabilisation and c...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： O'Brien J,Brennan D,Taylor D,O'Byrne J,Eustace S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to assess the adequacy of the diet of individuals over 60 yr of age, participating in the 1990 Irish National Nutritional Survey. A nationwide random sample based on the most recently updated electoral register was used. Demographic information was collected. Anthropometric measurements were t...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Hurson M,Corish C,Sugrue S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bone marrow and peripheral blood findings of 22 selected patients with acute myeloid leukaemia were studied. A correlation was detected between the incidence of attainment of complete remission and the balance of nucleo-cytoplasmic differentiation in the neutrophil series. The prognostic significance of this findi...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： O'Connell LG,Gorman A,Keane TJ,Fennelly JJ

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rapid Access Prostate Clinics (RAPC) were introduced in Ireland by the National Cancer Control Programme bringing about expedited referral pathways and increased detection rates of prostate cancer. Lower Gleason (G) grade at diagnosis due to RAPC has been previously reported but grade at prostatectomy has ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Broe MP,Forde JC,Inder MS,Galvin DJ,Mulvin DW,Quinlan DM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2006, Dutch authorities introduced a new health financing system of compulsory private for-profit insurance with strong government regulation. This system has recently attracted attention in Ireland. This paper assesses the theoretical arguments and evidence for applying the Dutch ideas to Ireland. In particular, t...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Ryan P,Thomas S,Normand C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycodelin plays an important role in normal and abnormal reproductive growth. The in vitro properties of glycodelin have been studied in K562 cells. The role of glycodelin in vivo in the peripheral circulation has not been determined. AIM:To determine if circulating leukocytes in normal subjects express th...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Lang EE,Venkatraman G

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelets are involved in atherosclerosis. Mean platelet volume (MPV) could be a marker of platelet activation. We aim to determine whether MPV levels were correlated with the presence of atherosclerotic disease in carotid arteries of patients with stroke. METHODS:We recruited 215 patients with atherothromb...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Arévalo-Lorido JC,Carretero-Gómez J,Villar-Vaca P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to analyze neuropathic pain (NeP) and its therapy in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) during a 6-month follow-up period. METHOD:This longitudinal multicenter study included 69 newly diagnosed adult GBS patients. NeP diagnosis was based on the criteria of Finnerup and conf...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Vukojevic Z,Berisavac I,Bozovic I,Dominovic-Kovacevic A,Lavrnic D,Peric S

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic anal fissures (CAF) are caused by anal sphincter hypertonia leading to an ischaemic ulcer. By inducing temporary sphincter relaxation, botulinum toxin (Botox) injection has been shown to heal CAF in approximately 73-96% of cases in clinical trials. AIM:This study looks at the efficacy of Botox clini...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Simms HN,McCallion K,Wallace W,Campbell WJ,Calvert H,Moorehead RJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:Advocates of transhiatal oesophagectomy warn of the danger of tracheal injury resulting from the blind dissection of tumours of the upper and middle thirds of the oesophagus when the tumour has invaded the membranous part of the trachea. We report an unusual cause of tracheal injury at transhiatal oesophagectomy due t...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Hurley JP,Gallagher H,Keeling P

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen type I from rat tail was tested for its effect on wound healing of 6 male rabbits and on the regeneration of liver after partial hepatectomy in 15 male rats. It had a negligible effect on the rate of wound healing and a statistically significant acceleratory effect on regeneration of the rat liver. ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Whyte K

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00