Browsing by Subject "COVID-19"
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ACE gene I/D polymorphism and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized patients: a metanalysis
(2021)Background Hypertension and type 2 diabetes increase the risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. On the other hand, homozygous ACE deletion polymorphism (DD) has been associated with these two diseases and risk of acute ... -
Adapting an agent-based model of infectious disease spread in an Irish county to COVID-19
(2021)The dynamics that lead to the spread of an infectious disease through a population can be characterized as a complex system. One way to model such a system, in order to improve preparedness, and learn more about how an ... -
Altered lives in a time of crisis: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of older adults in Ireland. Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(TILDA, 2021)The ongoing pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 infection and disease, is threatening healthcare systems globally as well as in Ireland. (1) The COVID-19 pandemic, and public health-associated ... -
Approved communication support for deaf patients in Ireland during COVID-1
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Assessing the impact of mobility on the incidence of COVID-19 in Dublin City
(2022)COVID-19 has had a major impact on the transport systems around the world. Several transport-related policies were implemented in short period of time to contain the spread of the pandemic. These policies had a major ... -
Association between low serum vitamin d and Increased mortality and severity due to COVID-19: reverse causality?
(2022)We are very close to completing two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though vaccines have been developed and applied to more than 4 billion people in the world, SARS-CoV-2 continues to be a challenge ... -
Bordering on crisis: A qualitative analysis of focus group, social media, and news media perspectives on the Republic of Ireland-Northern Ireland border during the ?first wave? of the COVID-19 pandemic
(2021)Rationale International border controls were among the earliest and most effective of measures to constrain transmission of COVID-19. However, such measures are complex when established borders are open yet politically ... -
Brain barriers virtual: an interim solution or future opportunity?
(2022)Background: Scientific conferences are vital communication events for scientists in academia, industry, and government agencies. In the brain barriers research field, several international conferences exist that allow ... -
Characterising the Blood Pressure Response to Physical Counterpressure Manoeuvres Using Surface Electromyography in Adults with Long Covid
(2023)Objective: Orthostatic intolerance (OI) is common in Long Covid. Physical counterpressure manoeuvres (PCM) may improve OI in other disorders. We characterised the blood pressure-rising effect of PCM using surface ... -
Child Protection and Welfare During the COVID 19 Pandemic: Revisiting the Value of Resilience-Building, Systems Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma-Informed Approaches
(2023)The purpose of this paper is to present a reading of child protection and welfare practice in the recent covid 19 pandemic, with reference to several popular concepts in social work. The focus is on the relevance of these ... -
Children's and Parents' Experiences and Expectations of their Roles in Hospital-A Constructivist Grounded Theory study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, 2023)Background: Family-centred care (FCC) is the preferred model of care for hospitalised children and their families, both in Ireland (Coyne, 2013) and internationally (Feeg et al, 2016). There is no internationally agreed ... -
Clinical features and mortality predictors of older hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 in Lima, Per?
(2022)Background and aims. The objective of our study was to describe the clinical features of severe COVID-19 in older (compared to younger) hospitalized patients in a tertiary care centre in Lima, Perú. Methods. A retrospective ... -
Comprehensive clinical characterisation of brain fog in adults reporting long COVID symptoms
(2022)(1) Introduction: A subset of individuals experiencing long COVID symptoms are affected by ‘brain fog’, a lay term that often refers to general cognitive dysfunction but one that is still poorly characterised. In this ... -
Conducting a randomised controlled trial of a psychosocial intervention for adolescents with type 1 diabetes during COVID-19: recommendations to overcome the challenges complicated by inconsistent public health guidelines on research
(2022)Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been very little guidance in Ireland and abroad, around the conduct of research, and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in particular. This has led to inconsistent ... -
Containing future epidemics with trustworthy federated systems for ubiquitous warning and response
(2021)In this paper, we propose a global digital platform to avoid and combat epidemics by providing relevant real-time information to support selective lockdowns. It leverages the pervasiveness of wireless connectivity while ... -
COVID-19 and Surgery: A thematic analysis of unintended consequences on performance, practice and surgical training
(2020)Purpose: The shift in the national focus and allocation of resources to the management of COVID19 has led to significant changes to surgical practice including the delay of elective surgery. The aim of this study was ... -
COVID-19 deaths in Irish Nursing Homes: exploring variation and association with the adherence to national regulatory quality standards
(CPEC-LSE, 2020)The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected nursing home residents worldwide, with Ireland having one of the highest reported proportions of COVID-19 deaths in this setting. In Ireland, the publication of a ... -
COVID-19: Is There Evidence for the Use of Herbal Medicines as Adjuvant Symptomatic Therapy?
(2020)Background: Current recommendations for the self-management of SARS-Cov-2 disease (COVID-19) include self-isolation, rest, hydration, and the use of NSAID in case of high fever only. It is expected that many patients will ...