Intern Network

Dr Donnchadh O’Sullivan won Gold for his Oral Presentation: Clinical Research

Intern: Dr Donnchadh O’SullivanAbstract: O’Sullivan DM, Abd Elwahab S, Lowery A, Merrigan A, Lal A, Tormey S: Paediatric

Negative Appendectomy - What do we know and what is our practice? (Abstract No. 204)Network: Mid-West (UL) Intern Network

Please see below the table of the Mid-West Interns selected for Oral and Poster presentations at the RAMI Intern Study day on the 13th January 2017:

Name/s Surname/sRAMI Poster/Oral

presentation Title

Berbie ByrneClinical Research Poster (67) Interns on call at UHL, what you need to know

Dearbhla ByrneClinical Research Oral

presentationElective lower segment caesarean sections

prior to 39 weeks and indication - An audit

Darren CarthyMedicine Oral

PresentationGranulomatous Pneumonitis in systemic lupus

Erythematous - The Second Case Report

Aoife CorcoranCase Presentation

Medicine Poster (338)Mermaid syndrome, Three cases within one

year in UMHL

Anne CummiskeyCase Presentation

Surgery Poster (391)Robotic abdomino-perineal resection the

evolution of minimally invasive surgery

Ronan CusackClinical Research

Poster (3)

Interns as Medical Educators - Student Experience from intern-delivered Teaching - A follow up study

Jennifer EnrightClinical Research Poster (403)

Audit on the interval time between hip prosthesis Surgery and Post-Operative X-ray in UHL

Grainne HeustonCase Presentation

Medicine Poster (79)A case of unusual presentation of

Meningeoncephalitis and Septacaemia

James KennedyClinical Research Poster (297)

Review of the Adequacy and Completeness of clinical information supplied to weekly lung Multi-Disciplinary meetings

Shannon-Anne Lim

Case Presentation Medicine Poster (69)

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and dilated cardiomyopathy presenting as palpitations in a 26 year old male

Cillian LineenCase Presentation

Medicine Poster (18)Hidden neurodiversity in paediatric practice -

Klinefelter syndrome

Carl MagederaCase Presentation

Medicine Poster (166)

Aisling McCannClinical Research Poster (351)

Are teenage inpatients at UHL housed in age appropriate wards

Kevin McKevittClinical Research Poster (401)

TVN and wound care audit NCHD understanding in UHL involving wound care wound dressing and the services of the nurse specialist

Denise MonahanClinical Research Poster (449)

An Audit to determine Whether Medical Patients are Prescribed Appropriate Thrombophylaxis

Daniel MulliganClinical Research Poster (76)

An audit of blood transfusion practice among interns at the University Hospital Limerick

Shane MurrayClinical Research

Poster (137)

Audit into the Appropriateness of CT brain scan requesting for minor head injuries in the Emergency Department

Jemima NilanCase Presentation

Medicine Poster (235) TRALI the Cinderella complication

Lauren O’Callaghan

Case Presentation Medicine Poster (141, 143)

Peritoneal Tuberculosis - The Great Pretender / Stroke at 16 years old - An unusual presentation and etiology

Sinead O’DonnellCase Presentation

Surgery Poster (283)

Gastric Carcinoma recurring as an isolated breast secondary after three years from curative treatment

Donnchadh O’Sullivanx2 Clinical Research

Oral presentations

Paediatric Negative Appendectomy - What do we know and what is out practice / Bereavement Counselling for Healthcare workers in the aftermath of child death

Jennifer RocheClinical Research

Poster (19)

Attitudes of Irish Intern Doctors towards' Learning Using and Developing their Clinical Communication Skills

David RooneyClinical Research

Poster (112)

An audit of University Maternity Hospital Limerick's perinatal Mental Health Referral Pathways

Claire SharkeyMedicine Oral

PresentationHaemolytic Uraemic Syndrome - a 3 county 5

case series in 24 days

Gemma TierneyCase Presentation

Surgery Poster (381)Open re-intervention following failed

endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Emma TroyClinical Research

Poster (420) Transfer of tasks UHL Implemented or Not

Department of Anaesthesia

Awards/Achievements

K P Moore Medal (formerly known as GSK Medal prior to 2012) awarded in 2016 to Dr Joao Marques Vinagre, ‘Pulsed radiofrequency of the brachial plexus in the treatment of post-radiotherapy neuropathic upper limb pain’.

National and International Presentations (including Educational courses run by Dept of Anaesthesia)

24th Sylvester O’Halloran Perioperative Scientific Symposium The Graduate Entry Medical School, Faculty of Education & Health Sciences, University of Limerick March 2016

Session 1: Focus on Bedside Ultrasound – Sponsored by GE Chairs: Dr Catherine Nix & Dr Saad Mahdy

Speaker 1: Dr Michael Sweeney (Sligo/RCSI): The Evolving Irish Certification Process Speaker 2: Tony Gallagher (UCC ASSERT): Metrics and Bedside Ultrasound Skill Competency Speaker 3: Dr Julie O’Brien & Mr Neil Kearns: Abdominal scanning – Tips for the Bedside Scan

Session 2: Difficult Airway Simulation Dr Siobhan GrimesAnaesthesia & Critical Care Sessions - Prof Harmon, Dr James O'Driscoll & Dr James ShannonUndergraduate Ultrasound Course - Focus on Cardiac Sonoanatomy & Musculoskeletal

Sonoanatomy. Course Directors: Dr Catherine Nix, Professor Kieran McDermott. Sponsored by MELG funding; Machines from GE. Faculty included Professor Tom Kiernan and cardiology colleagues, Professor Dominic Harmon & anaesthesia colleagues and othersMay 7th 2016; GEMS building UL

Nix, C. Emergency Department Ultrasound guided nerve blocks. Irish Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM) Annual Scientific Meeting, Dublin 20th October 2016.

20th Alexandria Anesthesia & Intensive Care Conference, Egypt 11th -13th October 2016.

Nix, C. Lung ultrasound: Chasing a line to the Seashore

Nix, C. Using US as an adjunct to managing ICU patients.

Goal Directed Echocardiography in the ICU Workshop - Instructors: Saad Mahdy & Catherine Nix 12th October 2016.

Publications

Ahmed OM, O'Donnell BD, Gallagher AG, Breslin DS, Nix CM, Shorten GD. Construct validity of a novel assessment tool for ultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus block. Anaesthesia 2016 Nov; 71 (11): 1324-1331

M Loughlin, A Imran, A Hannigan, D Harmon. Does age impact on expectations and concerns of patients attending a chronic pain clinic? Pain Pract 2016; Dec 13. doi: [Epub ahead of print].

Margiotta F, Imran A, Hannigan A, Harmon D. Perceived Injustice in Chronic Pain Patients. Pain Pract 2016; Oct 13. doi: 10.1111/papr.12501. [Epub ahead of print].

Roche J, Harmon D. Exploring the Facets of Empathy and Pain in Clinical Practice: A Review. Pain Pract 2016; 185(S2): doi: 10.1111/papr.12563

Doltani D, Imran A, Saunders J, Harmon D. Who accompanies patients to the chronic pain clinic? Ir J Med Sci 2016 Aug 26. [Epub ahead of print].

Harmon D, Holmes L. Persistent pain after breast cancer surgery. Pain 2016;157(9): 2141.

Calpin P, Imran A, Harmon D. A comparison of expectations of physicians and patient with chronic pain for pain clinic visits. Pain Pract 2016 Mar 15.

McCarthy C, Harmon D. A technical report on ultrasound-guided scapulocostal syndrome injection. Ir J Med Sci 2016; 185(3):669-72.

SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACTS

L Holmes, D. Harmon. Breast Cancer Intervention and Chronic Pain. Irish Journal of Medical Science 2016; 185(S2): 88.

J Nilan, D Doltani, D. Harmon. Assessment of Patient Concerns: A Review. Irish Journal of Medical Science 2016; 185(S2): 89.

D Doltani, J Nilan, D Harmon. Concerns of Patient’s Attending a Chronic Pain Clinic Consultation. Irish Journal of Medical Science 2016; 185(S2): 4.

E Troy, D Doltani, D Harmon. A Literature Review Examining the Role of a Companion Attending Consultations with the Patient. Irish Journal of Medical Science 2016; 185(S2): 90.

D Doltani, E Troy, D Harmon. Role and Influence of Patient’s Accompanist in Pain Medicine Consultations. The patient perspective. Irish Journal of Medical Science 2016; 185(S2): 92.

J Roche, D. Harmon. Exploring the Facets of Empathy and Pain in Clinical Practice: A Review. Irish Journal of Medical Science 2016; 185(S2): 91.

R Fenton, R Kearsley, S Mahdy, D Harmon. Ultrasound Guided Pectoral Blocks for Chronic Post-sternotomy Pain. Irish Journal of Medical Science 2016; 185(S2): 2.

A Mohamed, D Harmon. Practice of Preoperative Fluid Prescription in Paediatric Surgical Patients. Irish Journal of Medical Science 2016; 185(S2): 3.

H Misran, F Margiotta, D Harmon. Perceived Injustice and Resistance to Change in Chronic Pain Patients. Irish Journal of Medical Science 2016; 185(S2): 17.

F. Margiotta, A. Imran, A. Hannigan, D. Harmon. Perceived Injustice in Chronic Pain Patients. Irish Journal of Medical Science 2016; 185(S2).

Emergency Department

Publications

Gaumont D, Cummins N, Hannigan A, Ryan D. ViEWS from the prehospital perspective: a

comparison with a prehospital score to triage categorisation in the emergency department.

Ir Med J. 2016 Jun 10;109(6):423

C. MacDonncha, N. Cummins, D. Hennelly, A. Hannigan, D. Ryan. An observational study of the

utility of continuous positive airway pressure ventilation for appropriate candidates in prehospital

care in the Midwest region Irish Journal of Medical Science, April 2016.

Ryan KM, Gagnon M, Hanna T, Mello B, Fofana M, Ciottone G, Molloy M. Noise pollution: do we

need a solution? An analysis of noise in a cardiac care unit. Pre-hospital Disaster Med. 2016;31(4):1-

4.

Batt AM and Cummins NM. E-learning on the road: online learning and social media for continuous

professional competency. Irish Journal of Para-medicine. 2016 Jun

Batt AM, Al-Hajeri A, Cummins F. (2017) Urgent need to strengthen the chain of survival in the

United Arab Emirates. Emergency (Tehran), 5(1): e51. Available at http://perma.cc/A4JU-VPAY.

Batt AM, Al-Hajeri A, Cummins F. (2016) A profile of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the Northern

Emirates, United Arab Emirates. Saudi Medical Journal, 37(11): p179-186. DOI:

10.15537/smj.2016.11.16126

Batt A, Al-Hajeri A, Ward G, Pilapil C, Delport S, Cummins F. Paediatric Cardiac Arrests in the

Northern Emirates, United Arab Emirates. Med Emergency, MJEM 2016; 25

http://mjemonline.com/2016/10/05/paediatric-cardiac-arrests-in-the-northern-emirates-united-

arab-emirates/

Batt AM, Al-Hajeri AS, Cummins FH. A profile of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Northern Emirates,

United Arab Emirates. Saudi Med J. 2016 Nov;37(11):1206-1213. doi: 10.15537/smj.2016.11.16126.

PubMed PMID: 27761558.

Batt AM, Al-Hajeri AS, Cummins FH, Bin Salleeh H. Out of hospital adult cardiac arrests in a

university hospital in Central Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J.2016 Jun;37(6):714. doi:

10.15537/Smj.2016.6.14852. PubMed PMID: 27279524; PubMed Central PMCID:

PMC4931659.Murphy

A, Wakai A, Walsh C, Cummins F, O'Sullivan R. Development of key performance indicators for

prehospital emergency care. Emerg Med J. 2016 Jan 21. pii: emermed-2015-204793. doi:

10.1136/emermed-2015-204793. PubMed PMID: 26796739.

Batt A, Al-Hajeri A, Corrigan B, Navalta M, Cummins F. (2016) Peer support in the United Arab

Emirates. Canadian Paramedicine, 39(2)

Dennekamp M, Ryan , D. Report on Proposed Medication Additions To The Seventh Schedule,

Centre for Prehospital Research.

Batt AM, Cummins F. (2016) Ras al-Khaimah STEMI bypass project - six month report. Abu Dhabi,

National Ambulance.

Batt AM, Cummins F. (2016) Ras al-Khaimah STEMI bypass project - three month report. Abu Dhabi,

National Ambulance.

Department of Microbiology, Serology/Immunology and Infection Prevention and Control

Awards/Achievements

O’Connell N.H, Slevin B, Treacy P. FIS/HIS Edinburgh Nov 2016.Financial analysis of CPE acquisition post infection control ward introduction in an Irish tertiary hospital.

B Slevin, N H O’Connell, P Treacy. ISCM Oct 2016. Using patient stories from CPE positive patients in a quality improvement project to understand and improve the patient experience at University Hospital Limerick.

C. O’Connor, B. Slevin, A. O’Gorman, M. Commane, E. O’Donovan, R. Connolly, M. Kiernan, S. Ni Mhaolcatha, S. Barrett, C. Finnegan, J. Powell, R. Monahan, L. Power, N.H. O’Connell, C.P. Dunne. Unstoppable carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the MidWest of Ireland? A retrospective epidemiological and microbiological review of 140 isolates from 2009 to 2015. ECCMID, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 2016.

National and International Oral Presentations (including Poster Presentations)

C O’Connor, TW Boo, M Cormican, E McGrath, LF Casserly, A O’Gorman, B Slevin, M Commane, S Mahony, E O’Donovan, J Powell, C Finnegan, L Power, NH O’Connell, CP Dunne. The first outbreak of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-1 carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae in the Republic of Ireland. What did we learn and what would we do differently?Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists Spring Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, February 2016FIS 2015 Action on Infection, Glasgow, Scotland, November 2015

C. O’Connor, B. Slevin, A. O’Gorman, M. Commane, E. O’Donovan, R. Connolly, M. Kiernan, S. Ni Mhaolcatha, S. Barrett, C. Finnegan, J. Powell, R. Monahan, L. Power, N.H. O’Connell, C.P. Dunne. Irrepressible carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the Midwest of Ireland? A retrospective epidemiological and microbiological review of 140 isolates from 2009 to 2015.

Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists Spring Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, February 2016

Slevin B., CPE presentation the Limerick Experience, Grand Rounds Tallaght Hospital, October 2016.

Slevin B., CPE Presentation at IPC QI Network, Dr Stevens Hospital, October 2016.

O’Connell N H. CRE; a Limerick perspective. Focus on infection. RCPI December 2016.

Publications

C. O’Connor, N.H. O’Connell, M. Commane, E. O’Donovan, L. Power, C.P. Dunne. Limerick: forever associated with five lines of rhyme or infamous for irrepressible carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae for all time? JHI April 2016

C. O’Connor, R.K. Philip, J. Powell, B. Slevin, C. Quinn, L. Power, N.H. O’Connell, C.P. Dunne. Combined education and skin antisepsis intervention for persistently high blood-culture contamination rates in neonatal intensive care. JHI2016; 93:105-107

Kingston, L., O'Connell, N. H. and Dunne, C. P. Hand hygiene-related clinical trials reported since 2010: a systematic review, (2016) J Hosp Infect, 92(4), 309-20.R Power, B Linnane, B Casserly, N Power, P Harnett, R Martin, N H O’Connell, C Dunne. The first reported cases of Burkholderia contaminans in patients with cystic fibrosis in Ireland: From the Sargasso Sea to Irish Children –BMC Pulmonary Medicine Apr 22 2016 16 (1) 57 C O’Connor, TW Boo, M Cormican, E McGrath, LF Casserly, A O’Gorman, B Slevin, M Commane, S Mahony, E O’Donovan, J Powell, C Finnegan, L Power, NH O’Connell, CP Dunne. An Irish outbreak of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase NDM)-1 carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae. Increasing but unrecognised prevalence JHI August 2016

C O’Connor, M G Kieran, C Finnegan, M O’Hara, L Power, N H O’Connell, C Dunne. An optimized work-flow to reduce time-to-detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) using direct testing from rectal swabs Bioengineered August 2016 1-8

 Kingston L1, O'Connell NH2, Dunne C. Response to letter from Chudleigh et al.: Systematic reviews of hand hygiene in patient care post 2010. 3.J Hosp Infect. 2016 Sep; 94(1):111-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.06.007. PEpub 2016 Jun 18.

 C O’Connor, M G Kiernan, J Powell, C Finnegan, L Power, N H O’Connell and C Dunne. Colonisation with ESBL not detected in a prevalence study. IJMS Oct 2016

C O’Connor, RK Philip, J Kelleher, N Woodford, JF Turton, E McGrath, A O’Gorman, B Slevin, J Powell, C Finnegan, L Power, NH O’Connell, CP Dunne. The first incidence of a CTX-M ESBL-producing Eschericheria coli outbreak mediated by mother to neonate transmission in an Irish neonatal intensive care unit. in press 2016

Department of Paediatrics

Awards/Achievements

“Clinical Innovation Award” in UL Hospital group, Jan 2016 (‘NEC free NICU’ project) achieved by The Neonatal Clinical Team led by Dr R Philips.

National and International Oral Presentations (including Poster Presentations)

3rd PanCeltic Paediatric Gastroenterogy Meeting, Dublin April 2016, Poster PresentationsMahony MJ, Dunne E, Ryan E. European ESPGHAN guideline miss the mark in 6 year old

Liberian child with HLA-DQ2,DQ8 negative Coeliac Disease. Mahony MJ, Dunne E, Ryan E. Ceftriaxone induced Cholelithiasis.

Irish Paediatric Association Meeting, Dublin September 2016, Poster PresentationsMahony MJ, Dunne E, Ryan E. European ESPGHAN guideline miss the mark in 6 year old

Liberian child with HLA-DQ2,DQ8 negative Coeliac Disease. Mahony MJ, Dunne E, Ryan. Ceftriaxone induced Cholelithiasis.

Winter Meeting Irish Gastroenterology Society, Dublin, November 2016 Oral Presentation O`Malley A, Bourke B, Hussey S, Broderick AM, Quinn S, Mahony MJ. Paediatric

Eosinophilic Oesophagitis in Ireland – A 10 Year Review of Incidence, Presenting Symptoms, Phenotype and Management at Diagnosis.

Publications

ÓhAiseadha C, Mannix M, Saunders J, Philip RK. Bed Utilisation in an Irish Regional Paediatric Unit - A Cross-Sectional Study Using the Paediatric Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (PAEP). Int J Health Policy Manag. 2016 May 10;5(11):643-652. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.53.

Staines A, Balanda KP, Barron S, Corcoran Y, Fahy L, Gallagher L, Greally T, Kilroe J, Mohan CM, Matthews A, McGovern E, Nicholson A, O'Farrell A, Philip RK, Whelton H. Child Health Care in Ireland. J Pediatr. 2016 Oct;177S:S87-S106. doi: 0.1016/j.jpeds.2016.04.046.

Philip RK, Shapiro M, Paterson P, Glismann S, Van Damme Is It Time for Vaccination to "Go Viral"? P.Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Dec;35(12):1343-1349.

O'Connor C, Philip RK, Powell J, Slevin B, Quinn C, Power L, O'Connell NH, Dunne CP.Combined education and skin antisepsis intervention for persistently high blood-culture contamination rates in neonatal intensive care. J Hosp Infect. 2016 May;93(1):105-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.01.011.

Casey JP, Crushell E, Thompson K, Twomey E, He L, Ennis S, Philip RK, Taylor RW, King MD, Lynch SA. Periventricular Calcification, Abnormal Pterins and Dry Thickened Skin: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum of RMND1? JIMD Rep. 2016;26:13-9. doi: 10.1007/8904_2015_479.

e Publications / Published Abstracts

Will new sepsis guidance prompt a surge in unnecessary use of antibiotics? http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4209/rr-2 . BMJ September 2016

RK Philip, C Herbert, J Shirley, J Powell, C Quinn, E O’Kelly. Clinical and health economic outcomes of infants receiving RSV immunoprophylaxis at home versus hospital in an Irish regional birth cohort. Archives of Disease in Childhood 101(Suppl 1):A255-A256 · April 2016 DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310863.420

Department of Rheumatology

Awards/Achievements

1. EULAR Travel Bursary Award: EWRR in Athens, Greece.2. Best Poster Certificate Award at the BSR, Bath, UK

Other notable achievements include:- Regional Mobile Mentoring Ultrasound Initiative-11th October 2016- Involved in multiple Multicenter Phase 3 Clinical Trials- The "Pain Management and Acceptance" course is set up and running on a part time basis by

our clinical psychologist with the support of 2 specialist physiotherapists for the benefit of patients with chronic long term pain

Publications

Adeeb F, Khan MU, Stack A, Fraser AD. Etiology, Immunopathogenesis and Biomarkers in Behcet's disease-book title "Behcet's Disease" (in press)

Adeeb F, Anjum S, Hodnett P, Kashif A, Brady M, Morrissey S, Devlin J, Fraser AD. Early- and late- stage morphea subtypes with deep tissue involvement is treatable with Abatacept (Orencia). Semin Arthritis Rheum 2016 Sep 4 (in press)

Khan MU, Adeeb F, Devlin J, Fraser AD. Cortical Blindness in SLE: The Blind Wolf- Journal of Clinical Rheumatology-Letter to the Editor (in press)

Adeeb F, Tayel M, El Kaffash DM, Idris KM, Hassan MF, Fraser AD. Janus kinase 2 V617F mutation and thrombotic events in Behcet's disease: The Alexandria experience. Eur J Rheumatol 2016 Jun; 3 (2): 73-74

Khan MU, Devlin JA, Fraser A. Adhesive arachnoiditis in mixed connective tissue disease: a rare neurological manifestation. BMJ Case Rep 2016 Dec 16; 2016

Ng WL, McManus J, Devlin JA, Fraser A. Unmasking the elusive giant: an unusual case presenting as third nerve palsy in a patient with scleroderma. BMJ Case Rep 2016 Apr 11;2016

McKenna S, Donnelly A, Fraser A, Comber L, Kennedy N. Does exercise impact on sleep for people who have rheumatoid arthritis? A systematic review. Rheumatol Int. (in press)

Larkin L, Gallagher S, Fraser A, Kennedy N. If a joint is hot it's not the time: health professionals' views on developing an intervention to promote physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis. Disabil Rehabil 2016 Jun 8: 1-8

Larkin L, Kennedy N, Fraser A, Gallagher S. 'It might hurt, but still it's good': People with rheumatoid arthritis beliefs and expectations about physical activity interventions. J Health Psychol. 2016 Mar 8

Larkin L, Nordgren B, Purtill H, Brand C, Fraser A, Kennedy N. Criterion Validity of the activPAL Activity Monitor for Sedentary and Physical Activity Patterns in People Who Have Rheumatoid Arthritis. Phys Ther 2016 Jul; 96 (7): 1093-101

Department of Surgery

Awards/Achievements

The Sylvester o Halloran Perioperative Scientific Symposium was once again organised and led by GEMS Professor of Surgery Calvin Coffey who along with the organising committee hosted the meeting in the Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick. There were 200 presentations across general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, ENT, anaesthesia and nursing with over 400 registrants this year making this one of the largest national surgical meetings. Several national and international awards were presented throughout the course of the meeting. The now established ASGBI published paper prize was awarded to Dr Leon Walsh, Clinical Tutor in Surgery, University Hospital Limerick. In recognition of the quality of Irish research the ASGBI now invites the winners of these prizes to present their work at the ASGBI annual meeting which represents a significant honour fo Irish surgical trainees.

The Annual Vascular Surgery training course was also hosted by the Vascular Surgeons Mr Burke, Mr Kavanagh and Mr Moloney who ran an Aortic Master class for higher surgical trainees in conjunction with the Sylvester O Halloran Symposium.

There was a significant volume of clinical and scientific research published by the Department of Surgery in 2016 in additional to a large number of national and international research presentations by clinical researchers and NCHDs in surgery at UL Hospitals. These are outlined below.

Publications

Coffey J.C, O’Leary D.P. The mesentery: structure, function, and role in disease. Lancet

Gastroenterol Hepatol 2016; 1(3) 238–247

Coffey, J.C., Lavery, I., & Sehgal, R. eds., Mesenteric Principles of Gastrointestinal Surgery: Basic and

Applied Science, London: CRC Press, xx-xx

O'Leary DP, Peirce C, Anglim B, Carter M, Hickey K, Coffey JC. Prophylactic Negative Pressure

Dressing Use in Closed Laparotomy Wounds Following Abdominal Operations: A Randomized,

Controlled, Open-label Trial: The P.I.C.O. Trial. Ann Surg. 2016 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print]

O'Leary DP, Deering-McCarthy E, McGrath D, Walsh D, Coffey JC. Identification of the optimal visual

recording system in open abdominal surgery - a prospective observational study. J Vis Commun

Med. 2016 Aug - Oct;39(3-4):127-132. Epub 2016 Nov 23.

O’Connor, C., Kiernan, M.G., Finnegan, C., Powell, J., Power, L., O’Connell, N.H., Dunne, C.P. (2016)

‘Colonisation with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) not detected in a prevalence study’ Ir J

Med Sci (epub 24/09/16)

O’Connor, C., Cormican, M., Boo, T.W., McGrath, E., Slevin, E., O’Gorman, A., Commane, M.,

Mahony, S., O’Donovan, E., Powell, J., Monahan, R., Finnegan, C., Kiernan, M.G., Coffey, J.C., Power,

L., O’Connell, N.H., Dunne, C.P. (2016) ‘An Irish outbreak of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-1

carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: increasing but unrecognized prevalence’ J Hosp

Infect, (epub 19/08/16), 1-7.

O’Connor. C., Kiernan, M.G., Finnegan, C., O’Hara, M., Power, L., O’Connell, N.H., Dunne, C.P. (2016)

‘An optimized work-flow to reduce time-to-detection of carbapenemase-producing

Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) using direct testing from rectal swabs’ Bioengineered (epub 18/08/16), 1-

8.

Walsh LG, Kenny BJ, El Bassiouni M, Coffey JC. Cancer arising from the remnant mucosa of the

ileoanal anastomosis leading to pouchectomy.BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Aug 1;2016

Coffey, J.C., O’Leary, D.P., Kiernan, M.G., Faul, P.N. (2016) ‘The mesentery in Crohn’s disease: friend

or foe?’ Curr Opin Gastroenterol 32:4, 267-273

Crickmer M, Dunne CP, O'Regan A, Coffey JC, Dunne SS. Benefits of post-operative oral protein

supplementation in gastrointestinal surgery patients: A systematic review of clinical trials. World J

Gastrointest Surg. 2016 Jul 27;8(7):521-32.

Coffey JC, Dockery P. Colorectal cancer: Surgery for colorectal cancer - standardization required.

Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 May;13(5):256-7. doi: 10.1038/nrgastro.2016.40. Epub 2016

Mar 9.

Vanbrugghe C, Lowery AJ, Golffier C, Taieb D, Sebag F. Adrenocortical carcinoma surgery-surgical extent and approach. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2016 Nov;401(7):991-997.

McVeigh TP, Boland MR, Lowery AJ The impact of the Biomolecular Era on breast cancer surgery..

Surgeon. 2016 Nov 1. pii: S1479-666X(16)30082-8 [Epub ahead of print]

Hayes CJ, Dowling CM, Dwane S, McCumiskey ME, Tormey SM, Anne Merrigan B, Coffey JC, Kiely PA,

Dalton TM Extracellular matrix gene expression profiling using microfluidics for colorectal carcinoma

stratification..Biomicrofluidics. 2016 Oct 31;10(5):054124.

Fenelon C, Boland MR, Kenny B, Faul P, Tormey S.J A colonic duplication cyst causing bowel

ischaemia in a 74-year-old lady. Surg Case Rep. 2016 Aug 29;2016(8).

Quintyne KI, Woulfe B, Coffey JC, Merrigan A, Gupta RK.Lymph Node Ratio in Sentinel Lymph Node

Biopsy Era: Are We Losing Prognostic Information? Clin Breast Cancer. 2016 Jul 28. pii: S1526-

8209(16)30204 [Epub ahead of print]

Bhatt NR, Boland MR, Abdelraheem O, Merrigan AB.Lower gastrointestinal bleeding in the elderly: a

rare aetiology masquerading as a diverticular bleed. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Mar 31;2016.

Lynch NP, Kavanagh EG.Does Routine Reversal of Heparin With Protamine Sulphate in Patients

Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy Reduce Bleeding Complications Without Leading to Increased

Thromboembolic Complications? Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2016 Jan;51(1):150.

M Carter, Mr P Burke, E Boyle. Bullying and Harassment in Surgery: Urgent Change Needed? Journal

of Trauma and Orthopaedics 2016 4(1) 24

Coakley DN, Shaikh FM, O'Sullivan K, Kavanagh EG, Grace PA, McGloughlin TM Design and

evaluation of a novel subatmospheric pressure bioreactor for the preconditioning of tissue-

engineered vascular constructs..Int J Artif Organs. 2016 Mar 21;39(2):77-83. PMID: 26953899

Cunnane EM, Mulvihill JJ, Barrett HE, Hennessy MM, Kavanagh EG, Walsh MT. Mechanical

properties and composition of carotid and femoral atherosclerotic plaques: A comparative study.J

Biomech. 2016 Nov 7;49(15):3697-3704

Barrett HE, Cunnane EM, Kavanagh EG, Walsh MT.Towards the characterisation of carotid plaque

tissue toughness: Linking mechanical properties to plaque composition. Acta Biomater. 2016 Oct

1;43:88-100

Bashar K, Zafar A, Ahmed K, Kheirelseid EA, Healy D, Clarke-Moloney M, Burke PE, Kavanagh EG,

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