Annual Report 2010 - St. James's Hospital

Publications
compliance with current clinical standards within an Irish Emergency
Department” Presented at Irish Association of Emergency Medicine
Annual Scientifi c Meeting and Conference. Waterford. October 2010
Mc Cabe A.
Indication for Chest X-rays in the emergency department
management of suspected aspiration of a tooth. www.bestbets.org
Publications
McMahon CG, Kenny R, Bennett K et al.
The effect of acute traumatic brain injury on the performance of
shock index. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care
2010;69:1169-75.
McEvoy S, Beddy P, Brennan I, McDermott R, McMahon G.
Aortic dissection: An unexpected ultrasound fi nding. European
Journal of Radiology Extra, Volume 72, Issue 1, p e33-e35
McCarthy F, De Bhladraithe S, Rice C, McMahon CG, Geary U,
Plunkett PK, Crean P, Murphy R, Foley B, Mulvihill N, Kenny RA,
Cunningham CJ.
Resource utilization for syncope presenting to an acute hospital
Emergency Department. Irish J Medical Science., 179, 4, 2010, 551
- 555
Miró OS, Burillo-Putze G, Plunkett PK, Brown AF.
Female representation on emergency medicine editorial teams.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, 17, 2, 2010,
84 – 88.
O’Kelly FD, Teljeur C, Carter I, Plunkett PK.
The impact of a GP cooperative on lower-acuity Emergency
Department attendances, Emergency Medicine Journal, 27, 10, 2010,
770 – 773.
McCarthy F, McMahon CG, Geary U, Plunkett PK, Kenny RA,
Cunningham CJ.
Management of syncope in the Emergency Department: a single
hospital observational case series based on the application of
European Society of Cardiology Guidelines, EUROPACE, 11, 2, 2009,
216 - 224.
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Publications, Posters and Presentations
Clinical Nutrition Publications
Healy LA, Ryan AM, Sutton E, Younger K, Mehigan B, Stephens R,
Reynolds JV.
Impact of obesity on surgical and oncological outcomes in the
management of colorectal cancer. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2010; 25(11):
1293-1299.
Healy LA, Ryan AM, Carroll P, Ennis D, Crowley V, Boyle T, Kennedy
MJ, Connolly E, Reynolds JV.
Metabolic syndrome, central obesity and insulin resistance are
associated with adverse pathological features in postmenopausal
breast cancer. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2010; 22(4): 281-8.
Healy LA, Ryan AM, Pidgeon G, Ravi N, Reynolds JV.
Lack of differential pattern in central adiposity and metabolic
syndrome in Barrett’s esophagus and gastroesophageal refl ux
disease. Dis Esophagus. 2010; 23(5): 386-91.
Healy LA, Ryan AM, Connolly E, Boyle T, Rowley S, Kennedy MJ,
Reynolds JV.
Obesity increases the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer and is
associated with more advanced stage at presentation but no impact
on survival. Breast J. 2010; 16(1): 95-7.
Clinical Nutrition Poster & Presentation Highlights
Two posters were presented at the British Association of Parenteral
and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) annual conference:
• An assessment of nutritional status of orthopaedic fracture patients
admitted to a large academic teaching hospital (Author: M. Coyle)
• A review of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG)
placements in a large academic teaching hospital (Author: A.
McHugh)
Two posters were presented at the American Society for Parenteral
and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) annual conference:
• Abstract of Distinction: Investigation of compliance with the renal
diet, biochemical parameters and adequacy of nutrient intakes in
a group of patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (Stages IV and V)
(Author: L. Brennan)
• Nutrition Screening in Acute Elderly Wards (Author: M. Fanning)
In addition, L. Healy gave an oral presentation at this conference
entitled “Is metabolic syndrome and central adiposity relevant to
biology and progression of postmenopausal breast cancer?”
Medical Social Work
Staff presented two posters at the Changing Health Conference in
UCD June 2010.
“Lost to Follow Up” research involving patients attending HIV services.
“Cardiac Pre Admission Clinic” research regarding preparation
work with patients prior to surgery.
Staff gave presentations on:
• “HIV in a Medical Setting” to masters’ students attending UCD.
• “Role of Medical Social Work in HIV clinic” to nursing students from
the USA
• “Motivational Interviewing” to Health Care professionals at an STI
course
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