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An Emergency Department study of a stroke protocol and service and the impact on stroke management/thrombolysis in the Adelaide and Meath Hospital
(2010)Stroke is the third leading cause of death and disability worldwide. In Ireland about 10,000 people will suffer a stroke in a year and the annual cost of stroke care exceeds €1 billion. 750 stroke victims and €13 million ... -
Fertility preservation in female classic galactosemia patients
(2013)Almost every female classic galactosemia patient develops primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) as a diet-independent complication of the disease. This is a major concern for patients and their parents, and physicians are ... -
Gender and Neonatal Inflammation in Preterm Outcome
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Paediatrics, 2021)Introduction: Preterm neonates are at high risk of sepsis and sepsis-related complications. Despite the prominence of sepsis in neonatal practice, there is no consensus definition and the role of organ dysfunction in ... -
Granny Must Grieve
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Haploidentical CD3+ TCR αβ/CD19+-depleted HSCT for MHC class II deficiency and persistent SARS-CoV-2 pneumonitis
(2023)Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection leads to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which can range from a mild illness to a severe phenotype characterized by acute respiratory ... -
Height in Turner syndrome: Does Growth Hormone Therapy Have Impact?
(2014)Short stature is a cardinal feature of Turner syndrome. We examined height outcome and its relation to growth hormone therapy in Irish girls with Turner syndrome. In those with Turner syndrome (TS), the adult stature is ... -
The incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes in Irealnd and the National Childhood Diabetes Register.
(2014)The incidence of Type 1 diabetes (T1D) in childhood and adolescence is increasing globally with few exceptions. To date limited conflicting data has been available regarding diabetes epidemiology in Ireland. We sought to ... -
Mental Health and Disability at Third Level: Findings from a national study on student mental health
(2020)In 2018 the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) undertook a study to provide an overview of students’ mental health experience in third level education across the island of Ireland (Price, A. and Smith, HA. 2019). The ... -
National incidence study of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in childhood and adolescence in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Paediatrics, 2001)Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus is an important chronic medical condition that is associated with significant morbidity and premature mortality. The disease is considered so important that its incidence is ... -
The National Paedaitric Diabetes Register and its impact on healthcare
(2014)In the field of management it has long been recognised that effective management of any given outcome requires knowledge and control of inputs to the system. This is also true in healthcare particularly in Type 1 diabetes ... -
PAEDIATRIC OUTCOMES AND SERUM BIOMARKER PANEL IN ACUTE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY /CONCUSSION TO SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Paediatrics, 2020)Introduction Paediatric mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is increasingly recognised to have significant longer term neurocognitive effects. Childhood is a time of high risk for head injury. There were no national ... -
Pain management in children and young adults with minor injury in emergency departments in the UK and Ireland: a PERUKI service evaluation
(2022)Background: Management of acute pain should commence at the earliest opportunity, as it has many short-term and long-term consequences. A research priority of Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI) ... -
'Peas in a Pod?' - The body composition of the term and preterm infant
Introduction: Weight has been the primary outcome measure for many studies of both term and preterm infants. Body composition reflects the quality of infant growth. Using air displacement plethysmography, infant body ... -
Prehospital analgesia in children suffering traumatic injury
(2012)Pain causes distress and can negatively impact a child’s experience of the hospital environment. It is best practice for pain relief to be administered as soon as possible to reduce stress, anxiety and discomfort. Research ... -
A rare case of acute necrotising pancreatitis in a paediatric patient
(2020)The diagnosis of acute necrotising pancreatitis is a rare event in the Paediatric Emergency Department (ED). We report a case of acute pancreatitis in a paediatric patient, diagnosed in our ED, a tertiary level paediatric ... -
Risk factors for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis Admission
(2020)Aim: Determine the seasonal incidence of hospital Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) bronchiolitis and explore the variables associated with admission to ward versus the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Method: ... -
SERENITY: SEveRE Neurological Impairment and children with medical complexiTY
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Paediatrics, 2022)Background and aims Children with Severe Neurological Impairment (SNI) have a significant disability as a result of a global impairment of the nervous system. They may be considered to be a subgroup of children with more ... -
Surveillance study on children and adolescents with Down Syndrome (3 months to 18.9 years) in the Eastern Regional Health Authority
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Paediatrics, 2006)Down syndrome is the most common cause of developmental disability in Ireland with a birth prevalence of 1 in 546 live births. Children with Down syndrome have a high incidence of associated treatable medical disorders. ... -
Systemic gene dysregulation in classical Galactosaemia: Is there a central mechanism?
(2014)Classical Galactosaemia is a rare disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by a deficiency of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT). The disease is life-threatening in the neonate, and the only treatment option ...