A5061268565- Travel-related health issues
- Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- High Altitude and Hypoxia
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
- Sodium Intake and Health
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
St. Luke's Hospital
2024
Diabetes Australia
2023
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
2015-2022
Summary Objective To describe clinical practice experience of 11 C‐Metomidate PET/CT as an adjunct to adrenal vein sampling (AVS) in the lateralization aldosterone‐producing adenomas (APA) primary aldosteronism (PA). Context Accurate APA setting PA offers potential for surgical cure and improved long‐term cardiovascular outcomes. Challenges associated with AVS, current gold standard modality, mean that only a small proportion potentially eligible patients currently make it through surgery....
Aim Many challenges exist in determining true rates of adherence to antihypertensive medications among individuals a clinic setting. For the first time, we aimed compare patient‐reported with objective evidence using mass spectrometry spot urinalysis tertiary referral Methods A prospective observational single‐centre cohort study was performed hypertension clinic, encompassing initiation and persistence. Patients were referred apparent treatment‐resistant or for suspected secondary causes....
Introduction: Citation analysis reflects the extent to which published work has been recognized in scientific community. The purpose of this study was characterize most cited publications travel medicine.Methods: Travel medicine articles indexed on Scopus had English language through 2016 were retrieved independently by two researchers using various search terms. Eligible with at least 50 citations ranked according citation count. Additional information recorded, including authorship, year...
The onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak caused major interruptions to entire healthcare network affecting referral, diagnosis and treatment pathways with potential affect cancer outcomes. In Ireland a national lockdown was initiated in March 2020 involving stay-at-home order limitation on travel, social interactions closure schools, universities childcare facilities. We designed retrospective study comparing outcomes for patients oropharyngeal treated before during...
To compare the incidence of grade ≥2 gastrointestinal (GI) or genitourinary (GU) toxicity for patients undergoing 3DRT versus IMRT in postoperative setting endometrial cancer.Eligible were post-operatively randomly assigned to one two parallel groups a 1:1 ratio, have their RT delivered using either technique IMRT. The prescription dose was 45 Gy 25 fractions over 5 weeks followed by vaginal vault brachytherapy. Toxicity graded according National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology...
Objectives: A knowledge gap exists around the costs and budget impact of specialist hypertension clinics. This study reports on cost providing care in a multidisciplinary clinic staffed by nephrologist, endocrinologist cardiologist, which manages patients with suspected secondary and/or apparent treatment-resistant hypertension. The aim this is to provide evidence required inform policy planning pathways for patient group. Methods: analysis from healthcare provider perspective using...