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The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term outcomes of children who had been inpatients in a child psychiatry unit
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate long-term outcomes of children who had been inpatients in a child psychiatry unit. Fifty children, who were consecutive admissions to a Dublin inpatient child psychiatry unit between November 1978 and July 1980, were followed up 16 years later. We obtained some direct information on 33 subjects; of these, 4 subjects had died and 11 subjects more...
International Classification:
Mental and behavioural disorders - psychiatry
Categories:
psychiatry outcomes
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry,
Vol: 9 Page: 46-53 March 2000
E. Healy; M. Fitzgerald
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The aim of this study was to examined the practical feasibility of a methodology for collecting service use data and other information on families
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Despite the attention paid to family support services in legislation and guidance, there is still relatively little evidence on which to base the development of effective services, and even less on the costs and cost-effectiveness of different models of support. METHODS: The study designed and examined the practical feasibility of a methodology for collecting service use more...
International Classification:
Economic - Health service provision-service use data
Categories:
collecting service use data
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Child Care Health Dev,
Vol: 32 Page: 101-10 January 2006
M. Sleed; J. Beecham; M. Knapp; C. McAuley; N. McCurry
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This study aimed to explore a clinical judgement analysis, which provides a methodology for comparing decisions between practitioners with different training and experience, and improving decision making on acute asthma attacks
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BACKGROUND: Clinical decisions which impact directly on patient safety and quality of care are made during acute asthma attacks by individual doctors based on their knowledge and experience. Decisions include administration of systemic corticosteroids (CS) and oral antibiotics, and admission to hospital. Clinical judgement analysis provides a methodology for comparing decisions between more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - Diseases of the respiratory system-asthma
Categories:
asthma;
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Arch Dis Child,
Vol: 92 Page: 672-7 August 2007
J. Jenkins; M. Shields; C. Patterson; F. Kee
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The aim of the study was to compare demographic, social, maternal, and infant related factors associated with partial immunisation and no immunisation in the first year of life in the United Kingdom.
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OBJECTIVE: To compare demographic, social, maternal, and infant related factors associated with partial immunisation and no immunisation in the first year of life in the United Kingdom. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Sample of electoral wards in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, stratified by measures of ethnic composition and social disadvantage. PARTICIPANTS: more...
International Classification:
Vaccination
Categories:
immunisation
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Bmj,
Vol: 332 Page: 1312-3 June 2006
L. Samad; A. R. Tate; C. Dezateux; C. Peckham; N. Butler; H. Bedford
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The aim of this study was to examine whether low parental social class increases children's risk of subsequently developing Schizophrenia or modifies the presentation
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OBJECTIVES: To examine if low parental social class increases children's risk of subsequently developing schizophrenia or modifies the presentation. DESIGN: Case-control study with historical controls. SETTING: Geographically defined region in south Dublin. Participants: 352 patients with first presentation of schizophrenia matched with the next registered same sex birth from the same more...
International Classification:
Mental and behavioural disorders - Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders - schizophrenia
Categories:
low parental social class; -Schizophrenia
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Bmj,
Vol: 323 Page: 1398-401 December 2001
F. Mulvany; E. O'Callaghan; N. Takei; M. Byrne; P. Fearon; C. Larkin
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The aim of this study was to describe firework injuries presenting to a national burns units
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The sale to the general public of fireworks is illegal in Ireland. However, many fireworks are readily available on the black market from illegal traders. The number of firework injuries presenting to our unit during the three week run-up to Hallowe'en October 2001 was recorded. In addition, each patient was contacted to determine how the fireworks were obtained, the average amount of more...
International Classification:
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - injury
Categories:
firework injuries
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Ir Med J,
Vol: 97 Page: 244-5 September 2004
D. Jones; W. Lee; S. Rea; M. O. Donnell; P. A. Eadie
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The aim of this study was to examine temporal changes in the morbidity and mortality persons with perinatally acquired HIV infection, many of whom are now adolescents.
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BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests that decreases in morbidity and mortality in cohorts of adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are showing signs of reversal. We describe changes over time in these characteristics and in the response to treatment among children in the United Kingdom and Ireland with perinatally acquired HIV infection, many of whom are now more...
International Classification:
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease - HIV
Categories:
perinatally acquired HIV infection
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Clin Infect Dis,
Vol: 45 Page: 918-24 October 2007
A. Judd; K. Doerholt; P. A. Tookey; M. Sharland; A. Riordan; E. Menson; V. Novelli; E. G. Lyall; J. Masters; G. Tudor-Williams; T. Duong; D. M. Gibb
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The aim of this study was to examine trends in diarrheal hospitalizations among children <5 years old as coded by ICD-9-CM for the period January, 1997, to December, 1998
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BACKGROUND: We estimated the disease burden caused by rotavirus hospitalizations in the Republic of Ireland by using national data on the number of hospitalizations for diarrhea in children and laboratory surveillance of confirmed rotavirus detections. METHODS: We examined trends in diarrheal hospitalizations among children <5 years old as coded by ICD-9-CM for the period January, 1997, more...
International Classification:
International committee on Taxonomy of Viruses - rotavirus
Categories:
rotavirus
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Pediatr Infect Dis J,
Vol: 20 Page: 693-8 July 2001
M. Lynch; F. O'Halloran; D. Whyte; S. Fanning; B. Cryan; R. I. Glass
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of "point demerit scheme", comparative assessment of the number of maxillofacial operations necessitated by road crashes the year before and after the introduction of penalty points
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On 31 October 2002 the Irish Government introduced a point demerit scheme for road speeding offences. To evaluate the impact of the scheme, we made a comparative assessment of the number of maxillofacial operations necessitated by road crashes at two tertiary surgical centres in the year before and the year after the introduction of penalty points. There were no significant differences more...
International Classification:
Procedure - maxillofacial operations
Categories:
maxillofacial operations
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg,
Vol: 44 Page: 15-9 February 2006
O. T. Hussain; M. S. Nayyar; F. A. Brady; J. C. Beirne; L. F. Stassen
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The aim of this study was to examine fibre intake and the incidence of constipation in Irish children aged 5-8 years
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Despite its health implications, the fibre intake of Irish children is unknown. The North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey indicated that 77% of Irish adults do not consume adequate fibre and surveys of children and adolescents in Canada and Sweden have confirmed suboptimal fibre intake in these groups. This study undertook to assess fibre intake and the incidence of constipation more...
International Classification:
Diet and lifestyle
Categories:
fibre intake; constipation
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Ir Med J,
Vol: 101 Page: 118-20 April 2008
L. M. Glackin; M. Fraser; O. Neill MB
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The aim of this study was to examine an outbreak of varicella in a residential home for 29 children(aged 4 to 16 years) with severe physical and learning disability
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We report an outbreak of varicella in a residential home for 29 children(aged 4 to 16 years) with severe physical and learning disability. We report our group's incidence, complication and hospitalisation rate of varicella despite anti-viral therapy. As we did not have a control group we use statistics pertaining to the general population for comparison. All 15 non-immune children more...
International Classification:
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions - varicella
Categories:
varicella
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Ir Med J,
Vol: 99 Page: 133-5 May 2006
F. Enright; B. Mc Mahon; A. Washington
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