1. Ethical approval for national studies in Ireland: An illustration of current challenges

   • M Smith
   • F Doyle
   • D De La Harpe

   Short report Pages: 72 - 74

2. Fifty years of carotid surgery — hail and farewell?

   • PA Grace

   Short report Pages: 75 - 77

3. Patients’ experiences of dialysis services: are national health strategy targets being met?

   • K Rundle
   • O Keegan
   • HM McGee

   Original paper Pages: 78 - 81

4. Impaired renal allograft, but not patient survival, in patients with antibodies to hepatitis C virus

   • L Giblin
   • MR Clarkson
   • J Donohoe

   Original paper Pages: 82 - 84

5. Risk factors for pulmonary embolism in an Irish patient cohort

   • S Timmons
   • R Liston
   • H Kelly

   Original paper Pages: 85 - 88

6. The cost of managing diabetic foot ulceration in an Irish hospital

   • D Smith
   • MJ Cullen
   • JJ Nolan

   Original paper Pages: 89 - 92

7. Emergency department post-coital contraception in Northern Ireland

   • S Mawhinney
   • O Dornan
   • R Ashe

   Original paper Pages: 93 - 95

8. Detection of mycobacterial DNA from sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis

   • M Devine
   • JE Moore
   • JS Elborn

   Original paper Pages: 96 - 98

9. Documentation of do-not-resuscitate orders in an Irish hospital

   • J McNamee
   • ST O’Keeffe

   Original paper Pages: 99 - 101

10. “Is this a dagger I see before me?” — an audit of stabbings and gunshot wounds in Limerick

    • J Shabbir
    • CO McDonnell
    • PA Grace

    Original paper Pages: 102 - 104

11. Neonatal transportation: the effects of a national neonatal transportation programme

    • D Mullane
    • H Byrne
    • T Rohinath

    Original paper Pages: 105 - 108

12. Book reviews

    • B McCabe
    • PJ Conlon
    • P Naughton

    BookReview Pages: 111 - 112

13. Isolated crohn’s disease of the appendix

    • I Alam
    • N Nolan
    • J Geoghegan

    Correspondence Pages: 114 - 114