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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.

Normal Distribution

Your search returns 3 documents

• 1.   Good metabolic control is associated with better quality of life in 2,101 adolescents with type 1 diabetes

  The aim of this study was to assess if good metabolic control or the consequences of poor control have a greater influence on quality of life of adolescents with diabetes and their families

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: It is unclear whether the demands of good metabolic control or the consequences of poor control have a greater influence on quality of life (QOL) for adolescents with diabetes. This study aimed to assess these relations in a large international cohort of adolescents with diabetes and their families. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The study involved 2,101 adolescents, aged 10-18 more...

  International Classification:

  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - Diabetes mellitus diabetes mellitus

  Categories:

  metabolic control; quality of life

  Geography:

  International

  Diabetes Care, Vol: 24 Page: 1923-8 November 2001
  H. Hoey; H. J. Aanstoot; F. Chiarelli; D. Daneman; T. Danne; H. Dorchy; M. Fitzgerald; P. Garandeau; S. Greene; R. Holl; P. Hougaard; E. Kaprio; M. Kocova; H. Lynggaard; P. Martul; N. Matsuura; H. M. McGee; H. B. Mortensen; K. Robertson; E. Schoenle; O. Sovik; P. Swift; R. M. Tsou; M. Vanelli; J. Aman

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• 2.   Pupillary autonomic denervation with increasing duration of diabetes mellitus

  The aim of this study was to compare the autonomic pupillary changes in type I and II diabetic patients without clinical evidence of diabetic autonomic neuropathy with age matched controls

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND/AIMS: The autonomic pupillary changes in type I and II diabetic patients without clinical evidence of diabetic autonomic neuropathy (DAN) were compared with age matched controls. The relation between pupillary and cardiovascular autonomic function was assessed in the diabetic patients. METHODS: A case-control study was performed with diabetics grouped according to type and more...

  International Classification:

  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - diabetic occular changes

  Categories:

  autonomic pupillary changes; -diabetic patients

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Br J Ophthalmol, Vol: 85 Page: 1225-30 October 2001
  M. Cahill; P. Eustace; V. de Jesus

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• 3.   Type I collagenases in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from preterm babies at risk of developing chronic lung disease

  This study aimed to assess whether increased collagenolysis precedes severe chronic lung disease

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To assess whether increased collagenolysis precedes severe chronic lung disease (CLD). METHODS: Matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and MMP-8 (enzymes that degrade type I collagen, the main structural protein of lung extracellular matrix) were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay in 100 bronchoalveolar lavage samples taken during the first 6 postnatal days from 45 more...

  International Classification:

  Practice/knowledge - severe chronic lung disease

  Categories:

  severe chronic lung disease

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, Vol: 84 Page: F168-71 May 2001
  D. G. Sweet; K. J. McMahon; A. E. Curley; C. M. O'Connor; H. L. Halliday

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