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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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How to use this database.

• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Hepacivirus/genetics

Your search returns 2 documents

• 1.   Obstetric management of hepatitis C-positive mothers: analysis of vertical transmission in 559 mother-infant pairs

  The aim of this study was to examine vertical transmission rates of hepatitis C in 2 tertiary level maternity units

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine vertical transmission rates of hepatitis C in 2 tertiary level maternity units. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective review of all hepatitis C-positive mothers and their pregnancy outcomes. RESULTS: Of 74,629 deliveries, 559 liveborn infants were born to 545 hepatitis C mothers; the rate of antenatal hepatitis C infection was more...

  International Classification:

  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Viral hepatitis - hepatitis C

  Categories:

  vertical transmission rates of hepatitis C

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Am J Obstet Gynecol, Vol: 199 Page: 315 e1-5 September 2008
  M. B. McMenamin; A. D. Jackson; J. Lambert; W. Hall; K. Butler; S. Coulter-Smith; F. M. McAuliffe

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• 2.   Pregnancy and pregnancy outcome in hepatitis C type 1b

  The aim of this study was to examine health outcomes in women infected with Hep C type 1b during pregnancy with a matched control group

  

  Abstract:

  A large cohort of rhesus-negative women in Ireland were inadvertently infected with hepatitis C virus following exposure to contaminated anti-D immunoglobulin in 1977-8. This major iatrogenic episode was discovered in 1994. We studied 36 women who had been infected after their first pregnancy, and compared them to an age- and parity-matched control group of rhesus-positive women. The more...

  International Classification:

  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Viral hepatitis - hepatitis C

  Categories:

  hepatitis C type 1b; health outcomes

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Qjm, Vol: 93 Page: 597-601 September 2000
  T. Jabeen; B. Cannon; J. Hogan; M. Crowley; C. Devereux; L. Fanning; E. Kenny-Walsh; F. Shanahan; M. J. Whelton

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