1. Burning mouth syndrome—a diagnostic dilemma

   • Richeal Ni Riordain
   • Sinead O’Dwyer
   • Christine McCreary

   Original Article 02 January 2019 Pages: 731 - 734

   

2. General practitioner attitudes and experiences of orthopaedic services in the Irish midlands

   • Marc F. O’Reilly
   • Khalid M. Mohamed
   • Eoin C. Sheehan

   Original Article 18 October 2018 Pages: 735 - 741

   

3. The role of a companion attending consultations with the patient. A systematic review

   • Emma Troy
   • Deepak Doltani
   • Dominic Harmon

   Review Article 29 October 2018 Pages: 743 - 750

4. Acute ischaemic stroke: a systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of emergency endovascular therapy using mechanical thrombectomy

   • Conor Teljeur
   • Patricia Harrington
   • Máirín Ryan

   Review Article 08 December 2018 Pages: 751 - 759

   

5. Is prophylactic cranial irradiation necessary in individuals suffering from surgically resected pT1-2N0M0 small cell lung cancer?

   • Hongyang Lu
   • Zhiming Jiang
   • Chenghui Li

   Review Article 17 October 2018 Pages: 761 - 764

6. Implementation of day of surgery admission for rectal cancer surgery in Ireland following a national centralisation programme

   • Ian Stephens
   • Claudine Murphy
   • Deborah A. McNamara

   Original Article 06 October 2018 Pages: 765 - 769

   

7. Limax Nd:YAG laser–assisted thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary metastases; a single centre’s initial experience

   • Joseph B. Mc Loughlin
   • Katie E. O’Sullivan
   • Donna A. Eaton

   Original Article 31 October 2018 Pages: 771 - 776

8. Obesity and cardiovascular risk in an oncology day ward population

   • David O’Reilly
   • Lisa Prior
   • Emmet Jordan

   Original Article 18 December 2018 Pages: 777 - 782

   

9. Obesity cardiomyopathy: the role of obstructive sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome

   • William Newmarch
   • Madina Weiler
   • Brian Casserly

   Review Article 15 January 2019 Pages: 783 - 790

   

10. Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of hospitalisations with heart failure with reduced or preserved ejection fraction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

    • Rajkumar Doshi
    • Krunalkumar Patel
    • Perwaiz Meraj

    Original Article 16 October 2018 Pages: 791 - 799

    

11. Cardiac manifestations of Han Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a retrospective study

    • Ertao Jia
    • Hongling Geng
    • Jianyong Zhang

    Original Article Open access 20 November 2018 Pages: 801 - 806

12. Appropriate use of elective coronary angiography in patients with suspected stable coronary artery disease

    • Michael T. Hanrahan
    • Anne Marie O’Flynn
    • Patricia M. Kearney

    Original Article 05 January 2019 Pages: 807 - 813

13. Food-dependent exercise-induced reactions: lessons from a 15-year retrospective study

    • Aisling Farrell
    • Ciaran Judge
    • Niall Conlon

    Original Article 19 January 2019 Pages: 815 - 819

    

14. The non-drug costs associated with the administration of an intravenous biologic treatment in the hospital setting

    • Jodi Cronin
    • Stephen Moore
    • Noel Woods

    Original Article 22 November 2018 Pages: 821 - 834

    

15. Management of type 1 diabetes in primary schools in Ireland: a cross-sectional survey

    • Danielle C. McCollum
    • Olivia Mason
    • Michael J. O’Grady

    Original Article 28 November 2018 Pages: 835 - 841

16. Gender impact on the correlations between Graves’ hyperthyroidism and hyperuricemia in Chinese

    • Xuehui Liu
    • Jianping Zhang
    • Qiyu Jia

    Original Article 30 November 2018 Pages: 843 - 848

17. An assessment of the quality of clinical records in elective orthopaedics using the STAR score

    • Lava Chalikonda
    • Nigel Phelan
    • John O’Byrne

    Original Article 20 October 2018 Pages: 849 - 853

    

18. A growing problem: cycling referrals to the National Centre for Pelvic and Acetabular Fracture Management in Ireland

    • Christopher Fenelon
    • Evelyn P. Murphy
    • Michael Leonard

    Original Article 11 November 2018 Pages: 855 - 859

    

19. Consent documentation for elective orthopaedic surgery

    • Robert M. Kenyon
    • Eoghan Pomeroy
    • James P. Cashman

    Original Article 19 November 2018 Pages: 861 - 866

    

20. The role of increased synovial fluid A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs4 and serglycin levels in osteoarthritis

    • kenan ÖZLER

    Original Article 07 December 2018 Pages: 867 - 872

    

21. Primary total hip arthroplasty: registry data for fixation methods and bearing options at a minimum of 10 years

    • Gerard A. Sheridan
    • Raymond M. Kelly
    • Patrick J. Kenny

    Original Article 17 December 2018 Pages: 873 - 877

    

22. Total hip replacement—the cause of failure in patients under 50 years old?

    • Neil G. Burke
    • John P. Gibbons
    • James P. Cashman

    Original Article 19 December 2018 Pages: 879 - 883

    

23. Comparison of 4 different techniques in first metatarsophalangeal joint arthrodesis

    • Farshid Maleki
    • Ashwanth Ramesh
    • Johnny V. McKenna

    Original Article 08 January 2019 Pages: 885 - 891

    

24. Moving from peripheral blood to local uterine immunophenotype analysis in patients with poor reproductive history: pilot study of a novel technique

    • Conor Harrity
    • Mamoun M. Bereir
    • Kevin D. Marron

    Original Article 27 November 2018 Pages: 893 - 901

    

25. Risk factors for miscarriage among women attending an early pregnancy assessment unit (EPAU): a prospective cohort study

    • Indra San Lazaro Campillo
    • Sarah Meaney
    • Keelin O’Donoghue

    Original Article 03 January 2019 Pages: 903 - 912

26. Worldwide scientific production in obstetrics: a bibliometric analysis

    • Ana M. Palacios-Marqués
    • Concepción Carratala-Munuera
    • Domingo Orozco-Beltrán

    Original Article 09 January 2019 Pages: 913 - 919

    

27. Parental awareness of newborn bloodspot screening in Ireland

    • Patricia Fitzpatrick
    • Catherine Fitzgerald
    • Barry Linnane

    Brief Report 15 December 2018 Pages: 921 - 923

28. Voter participation among people attending mental health services in Ireland

    • Brendan D. Kelly
    • Michael Nash

    Original Article 29 October 2018 Pages: 925 - 929

29. Prevalence of sarcopenia in patients with geriatric depression diagnosis

    • Hülya Olgun Yazar
    • Tamer Yazar

    Original Article 04 January 2019 Pages: 931 - 938

30. Current concepts on bibliometrics: a brief review about impact factor, Eigenfactor score, CiteScore, SCImago Journal Rank, Source-Normalised Impact per Paper, H-index, and alternative metrics

    • Ernesto Roldan-Valadez
    • Shirley Yoselin Salazar-Ruiz
    • Camilo Rios

    Review Article 03 December 2018 Pages: 939 - 951

    

31. The Great Irish Famine (1845–52) and the Irish asylum system: remembering, forgetting, and remembering again

    • Brendan D. Kelly

    Historical and Literary 16 January 2019 Pages: 953 - 958

32. Critical biochemistry values and patient safety in primary care

    • William P. Tormey

    Invited Commentary 02 October 2018 Pages: 959 - 961

33. Validation of a virtual reality laparoscopic appendicectomy simulator: a novel process using cognitive task analysis

    • Sandeep Krishan Nayar
    • Liam Musto
    • Rasiah Bharathan

    Original Article 19 November 2018 Pages: 963 - 971

    

34. Facilitators and barriers to green exercise in chronic pain

    • Sasha Selby
    • Carolyn Hayes
    • Dominic Harmon

    Original Article 30 October 2018 Pages: 973 - 978

35. Achieving proficiency in rigid bronchoscopy—a study in manikins

    • Jonathan Royds
    • Muiris A Buckley
    • Conan L McCaul

    Original Article 14 December 2018 Pages: 979 - 986

    

36. Transmission electron microscopy and histological analysis of the peridural membrane

    • David G. M. Tiernan
    • Aiden T. Devitt

    Original Article 15 December 2018 Pages: 987 - 992

    

37. Evaluation of the specificity of the central diagnostic criterion for chronic traumatic encephalopathy

    • Jennifer Lorigan
    • Hugh Kearney
    • Francesca M. Brett

    Original Article 30 November 2018 Pages: 993 - 998

    

38. Provision of MR imaging for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs): a single-center experience and national survey

    • Aoife S. Murray
    • Paddy J. Gilligan
    • John G. Murray

    Original Article 27 October 2018 Pages: 999 - 1004

    

39. Dietary patterns were not associated with age-related macular degeneration: a cross-sectional analysis in the Irish Nun Eye Study

    • Rachel V. McCarter
    • Charlotte E. Neville
    • Gareth J. McKay

    Original Article Open access 22 November 2018 Pages: 1005 - 1012

40. Profiling frequent attenders at an inner city emergency department

    • Susan Uí Bhroin
    • James Kinahan
    • Adrian Murphy

    Original Article 11 January 2019 Pages: 1013 - 1019

    

41. Migration to aphakia and contact lens treatment is the trend in the management of unilateral congenital cataract in Britain and Ireland

    • Lisa McAnena
    • Kathryn McCreery
    • Donal Brosnahan

    Original Article 29 September 2018 Pages: 1021 - 1024

42. Introduction of an academic internship in Ireland: views of undergraduate medical students

    • Elaine Burke
    • Mary Teeling
    • Martina Hennessy

    Original Article 20 October 2018 Pages: 1025 - 1032

    

43. Improving safety for medical students and patients during medical electives—a novel simulation-based course

    • Robert M. Maweni
    • Robert W. Foley
    • Stella Vig

    Original Article 29 October 2018 Pages: 1033 - 1045

    

44. Fluid and electrolyte balance—establishing the knowledge base of Foundation Year One doctors

    • Micol M. Lupi
    • Robert M. Maweni
    • Umar J. Wali

    Original Article 27 November 2018 Pages: 1047 - 1055

    

45. Self-confidence and clinical skills: the case of students who study medicine in English in a non-English speaking setting

    • Tatjana Gazibara
    • Megan Wiltshire-Fletcher
    • Tatjana Pekmezovic

    Original Article 19 December 2018 Pages: 1057 - 1066

    

46. The inclusion health awareness month at University College Hospital Galway (UCHG)

    • James A. O Connell

    Letter to the Editor 16 October 2018 Pages: 1067 - 1068

47. An investigation into nature and extent of errors within the Irish Vital Statistics mortality database

    • Frank Houghton
    • Sharon Houghton

    Letter to the Editor 18 October 2018 Pages: 1069 - 1070

48. The purpose of ward rounds

    • Paul Perversi

    Letter to the Editor 13 November 2018 Pages: 1071 - 1073

49. EU anti-smoking graphic warnings on cigarette packets: semiotics and the issue of gender under-representation

    • Diane O Doherty
    • Frank Houghton
    • Daisy Houghton

    Letter to the Editor 22 November 2018 Pages: 1075 - 1077

    

50. Dialysis independence following single-agent daratumumab in refractory myeloma with renal failure

    • Elizabeth Smyth
    • Siobhan Glavey
    • John Quinn

    Letter to the Editor 19 December 2018 Pages: 1079 - 1080