14 articles in this issue
James F Waddell
Editorial by Dr. James F. Waddell
Brooke Wilson, Eva Neufeld
Background: SafeTALK is a half-day gatekeeper training program on recognizing persons at risk for suicide and intervening appropriately. Primary care clinicians have been increasingly targeted for suicide intervention training; however, evidence surroundi... see more
Paul Ryan, Eanna Falvey
Introduction: Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) causes up to 5000 deaths each year in Ireland. 70% of cardiac arrests in Ireland occur out of hospital. Global incidence of out-of-hospital SCA ranges from 20-140/100000 people, and survival ranges from 2%-11%. T... see more
Aniruddh Shenoy
Abstract Background: Observational studies show that statin-naïve patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have significantly higher rates of myocardial infarction (MI) and mort... see more
Katherine Jane Wade
The Edwin Smith papyrus is the oldest known surgical treatise, thought to have been written in 1700 B.C. It was first discovered in Luxor in 1862 and was first translated from hieroglyph script by Egyptologist, James Henry Breasted in 1930. The papyrus de... see more
Samuel Hallsor Booth
Upon its emergence in the western world in the early 1980s, AIDS marked the beginning of a new chapter in the history of communicable disease. In the early stages of the epidemic there was a distinct lack of knowledge about the causation or transmission o... see more
Dominic Adam Worku, Unnat Krishna, Karen E Morrison
Background: Motor neurone disease (MND) is an incurable neurodegenerative condition. Recent guidelines from the MND Association UK (MNDA) emphasise prompt diagnosis and monitoring of quality of life (QOL). However, primary literature indicates that diagno... see more
Yuan Ye Beh, Grace Li Hsien Lim, Andrew Stewart
We describe an unusual case of recurrent Aspergillus endocarditis in an immunocompetent 64-year-old lady. Four weeks after aortic valve replacement surgery, she presented with an inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography demonstrat... see more
Rebecca Black, Jenni Harden, Richard Chin
The medical education curriculum in the UK includes a component on understanding and appreciating the psychosocial aspects of illness and care. Yet, children’s own experiences of illness and care are often overlooked. This article explores these neglected... see more
Gregory J Tierney, Ciaran K Simms
Due to the physical and high-impact nature of rugby, head impacts can occur within the game which can result in concussion injuries as well as other moderate-to-severe head injuries 1. Concussion has been defined as “a complex pathophysiological process a... see more
Tom Scotland
Between 1914 and 1918, the British Expeditionary Force fighting in France and Flanders sustained 2.7 million battle casualties. Just over one quarter (26.1%) were never seen by the medical services. These were men who had been killed (14.2%), were missing... see more
Halimat Afolabi
From self-driving cars to smart cities, the internet of things (IOT) promises to revolutionise every aspect of our lives. IOT refers to any device that is able to collect and transmit data via the internet. The excitement surrounding the field is spurred ... see more
Christopher J Graham, Rebecca M Reynolds, Ruth Andrew, Steven D Morley
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