Kelly, John R. Gounden, Priyola McLoughlin, Aoibheann Legris, Zahra O’Carroll, Therese McCafferty, Roisin Marques, Liliana Haran, Maeve Farrelly, Richard Loughrey, Karen
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Irish Journal of Medical Science
Background Antipsychotics (APs) increase weight, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Guidelines recommend cardio-metabolic monitoring at initial assessment, at 3 months and then annually in people prescribed APs. Aim To determine the rates of cardio-metabolic monitoring in AP treated early and chronic psychosis and to assess th...
McQuade, Colin Hunter, Kathryn Halpenny, Darragh Torreggiani, William C.
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Alabi, Oludare Hill, Rhodri Walsh, Michael Carroll, Camilla
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Background Otolaryngology (ENT) is a craft surgical specialty, which presents significant challenges for the novice surgical trainee (NST), when managing patients with potentially life-threatening conditions. We assess current evidence behind intensive, simulation-rich training programmes or “boot camps”. We outline an ENT emergency-safe boot camp ...
Lange, Marie Joo, Sarah Couette, Pierre-André Le Bas, François Humbert, Xavier
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Background COVID-19 outbreak can impact mental health including health care workers. Aim The aim of this study was to assess the mental health impact of COVID-19 in French General Practitioners (GPs). Methods We carried out a postal-based survey during the first lockdown. Four psychological validated self-report questionnaires were used to assess s...
Leonard, Ann Murray, Brian Prior, Anna Rose Srinivasan, Rama Kane, Anne Boran, Gerard
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Background The global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic placed Irish Laboratory Medicine services under sustained and massive strain. Rapid reconfiguration was required to introduce new assays at high capacity for diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19, while maintaining existing services. Aim The aim of this national survey was to capture Laboratory Medicine’s re...
Kaya, Tezcan Yaylacı, Selçuk Nalbant, Ahmet Yıldırım, İlhan Kocayiğit, Havva Çokluk, Erdem Şekeroğlu, Mehmet Ramazan Köroğlu, Mehmet Güçlü, Ertuğrul
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Background Some biomarkers have been reported to be related to the prognosis of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). There are sparse data regarding the prognostic value of serum calprotectin in COVID-19 patients. Aims This study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum calprotectin level and clinical severity of COVID-19 disease in ...
Crotty, Thomas J. Corbett, Mel Gary, Stephen Davey, Matthew G. Hughes, Joseph P. Keogh, Ivan J. Patil, Nash P. Doherty, Eva
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Introduction Ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists are a high-risk group for COVID-19. Although the implications of SARS-CoV-2 infection on physical health are well-documented, the psychological impact is frequently overlooked. Aims The aim of this study was to gauge the psychological impact of COVID-19 on ENT specialists in Ireland. Methods A nat...
Anderson, Steven McNicholas, Daniel Murphy, Claudine Cheema, Ijaz McLornan, Liza Davis, Niall Quinlan, Mark
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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a change in the numbers of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with non-COVID symptoms, resulting in delayed presentations of many medical and surgical conditions. Aims To examine the impact of COVID-19 on acute urolithiasis presentations to the ED. Methods In this retrospective, single-cen...
Rekanar, Kaavya O’Keeffe, Ian R. Buckley, Sarah Abbas, Manzar Beecham, Sarah Chochlov, Muslim Fitzgerald, Brian Glynn, Liam Johnson, Kevin Laffey, John
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Background Digital Contact Tracing is seen as a key tool in reducing the propagation of Covid-19. But it requires high uptake and continued participation across the population to be effective. To achieve sufficient uptake/participation, health authorities should address, and thus be aware of, user concerns. Aim This work manually analyzes user revi...
Iwegbulem, Ogechi Wang, Jianghuai Pfirrmann, Rolf W. Redmond, Henry Paul
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