de Burca, Stefán; Williams, Peter; Armstrong, Claire(Health Systems Research Centre, 2008)
The aim of the overall study is to inform the design and delivery of a high reliability
clinical directorate. This report is the result of the mapping phase in the case study of
the Women’s and Children’s Directorate, ...
Velupillai, Yoga N; Packard, Chris J; Batty, David G; Bezlyak, Vladimir; Burns, Harry; Cavanagh, Jonathan; Deans, Kevin A; Ford, Ian; McGinty, Agnes; Millar, Keith; Sattar, Naveed; Shiels, Paul G; Tannahill, Carol(BioMed Central, 2008)
Background: Disadvantaged communities suffer higher levels of physical and mental ill health than more advantaged communities. The purpose of the present study was to examine the psychosocial, behavioural and biological ...
Deans, Kevin A; Bezlyak, Vladimir; Ford, Ian; Batty, David G; Burns, Harry; Cavanagh, Jonathan; de Groot, Eric; McGinty, Agnes; Millar, Keith; Shiels, Paul G; Tannahill, Carol; Velupillai, Yoga N; Sattar, Naveed; Packard, Chris J(BMJ, 2009)
Objectives To examine the relation between area level
social deprivation and ultrasound markers of
atherosclerosis (common carotid intima-media thickness
and plaque score), and to determine whether any
differences can ...
Recent increases in Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection prompted us to characterize HBV-infected children in Ireland and to audit management, by reviewing prospectively gathered data. Of 46 children (29 [63%] male), median ...
O'Gorman, Clodagh S(Irish Medical Organization, 2005)
Introduction:The use of umbilical arteries and veins for vascular access was first described in the 1960s and has been an integral part of neonatology since then. This report aims to define the indications, contraindications, ...
O'Gorman, Clodagh S; O'Neill, M.B.(Irish Medical Organization, 2006)
The recognition of brachial plexus injury (BPI) after childbirth suggests to parents a causative rather than temporal relationship. This view is supported by textbooks of paediatrics, which state that: 1. the mechanism ...
A 64 year old female presented with a right eye visual impairment. On examination, the visual acuity was decreased on the right side. Slit lamp examination showed bilateral non-pigmented choroidal lesions. Physical examination ...
The case of acute coproporphyria in a 13 years old female, who presented with neuropsychiatric symptoms (visual hallucinations and peripheral neuropathy) and abdominal pain has previously been described. We report an Irish ...