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：:An unusual case of a well-documented granulomatous hepatitis in secondary syphilis in a 47-year-old male is presented. This hepatic pathology in secondary syphilis is summarised, and a review of the literature regarding syphilitic granulomatous hepatitis presented. ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Murray FE,O'Loughlin S,Dervan P,Lennon JR,Crowe J

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：: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

abstract：:Serum antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) were measured in members of twenty-nine families in which two or more first degree relatives had rheumatoid arthritis (RA). These patients were assessed clinically for activity of disease and their treatment recorded. A higher proportion of seropositive individuals was foun...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： McDermott M,Molloy M,Buckley J,Greally J

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyses data on 2,226 cases of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection detected during the years 1970 to 1987. Of those where information on risk-group was available (1,301), infection among intravenous drug-abusers accounted for the largest proportion (49%). Most became infected during and since an outbreak of ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Shattock AG,Jones L,O'Mahony M,Hillary IB

更新日期：1989-08-01 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：: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：:RADIOACTIVE fallout from the Chernobyl accident reached Ireland in May 1986 and caused serious concern with regard to its possible effects on health. Reports of a large scale American study claim an almost immediate effect of Chernobyl fallout in terms of increased mortality rates. A study of Irish mortality rates rep...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Crowley MJ,Reville WJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All the biopsies of pulmonary mass lesions obtained by percutaneous needle aspiration over a seven year period were reviewed. Emphasis is laid upon the differences in cell typing of malignant tumours when two types of preparation of the same tissue, cytological smears and tissue sections are examined. Some problems in...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Kealy WF,Hogan JM,Hurley MF

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cervical pregnancy resulting in intra abdominal rupture in the first trimester is reported. The clinical features of this rare cause of uterine rupture are outlined. Pathological examination of the uterus showed placenta percreta. ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Marcellus M,Jenkins DM,Keohane C

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-instruction programmes comprise audio tapes and a variety of visual materials ranging from photographs to models. The use of such programmes in an anatomy course is described and illustrated. They are an effective ancillary in teaching and are applicable to other medical teaching disciplines. ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： FitzGerald MJ,FitzGerald MM

更新日期：1979-12-01 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：:A study is presented of the skin manifestations of 30 patients, 25 females and 5 males, with systemic lupus erythematosus (S.L.E.) admitted to this hospital over a two year period. Their ages ranged from 20 years to 75 years. The diagnosis of S.L.E. was made according to the criteria laid down for the diagnosis of S.L...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Feely RH

更新日期：1976-12-01 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：:STRIPS of bovine tracheal smooth muscle were subjected to changes in the gas tensions of the Krebs solution bathing them. Contractions were produced by 50 Hz sine-wave electrical field stimulation, either in single bursts, or repetitively throughout the experiment.Hypoxia (Po2 99, 55 or 22 mm Hg, pH 7.4) decreased the...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Crouch CN,Kirkpatrick CT

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Rats were rendered hypoxic by maintaining them within silicone rubber membrane covered enclosures. In experiment one the inspired oxygen concentration was progressively reduced from 21 per cent to 7 per cent over a period of 13 days. In the second experiment the inspired oxygen was maintained at nine per cent for s...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Bridges JB,Taylor IC

更新日期：1975-12-01 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：:1. Constrictor responses of the isolated perfused rabbit ear artery to electrical stimulation and to intraluminally applied noradrenaline and histamine have been studied before and after addition to the perfusate of the anticholinesterases neostigmine and physostigmine. 2. Both neostigmine (6×10(-5)-2.4×10(-4) mol/l) ...

journal_title：Irish journal of medical science

authors： Wallace WF,Hobbs FM,Mock GR

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00