1. Participatory development of a patient–clinician communication tool to enhance healthcare transitions for young people with 22q11.2

   • Lorna Kerin
   • Diarmuid Lynch
   • Fiona McNicholas

   Original Article 04 December 2019 Pages: 761 - 769

   

2. The role of primary care in management of rare diseases in Ireland

   • Niall Byrne
   • Jacqueline Turner
   • Eileen P. Treacy

   Original Article Open access 13 January 2020 Pages: 771 - 776

3. Does clinical validation and the implementation of new models of outpatient service delivery have the potential to reduce waiting lists? A pilot study in Letterkenny University Hospital

   • Peter E. Lonergan
   • Jamie Logan
   • Eamonn Rogers

   Original Article 06 February 2020 Pages: 777 - 782

   

4. Survey of NCHDs in Ireland to assess their views and opinions in relation to participation in health research and the impact of new Irish data protection regulations

   • Rachel Wallace
   • Elaine Greene

   Original Article 07 February 2020 Pages: 783 - 789

   

5. Efficacy of early combination of local radiotherapy and GM-CSF for advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with icotinib

   • Ye Qiu
   • Xinyun He
   • Yuming Jia

   Original Article 03 December 2019 Pages: 791 - 797

   

6. Impact of the 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System: an Irish experience

   • Conor Fearon
   • Teresa Loftus
   • Francesca Brett

   Review Article 04 December 2019 Pages: 799 - 803

   

7. Long-term outcomes of prolonged bisphosphonates more than 2 years in bone metastatic breast cancer: risk vs benefit

   • Oznur Bal
   • Berna Oksuzoglu
   • Selim Kilic

   Original Article 10 December 2019 Pages: 805 - 810

   

8. Is Movember synonymous with moustaches or men's health? An examination of internet search activity for prostate and testicular cancer during the campaign

   • Jody SA. Khan
   • Nathan P. Papa
   • Frank T. D’Arcy

   Original Article 14 December 2019 Pages: 811 - 815

   

9. Implications of faecal ESBL carriers undergoing TRUS-guided prostate biopsy (TRUSPB): role of screening prior to TRUSPB

   • Nikita R. Bhatt
   • Catherine Ann Murphy
   • Lisa G. Smyth

   Original Article 23 December 2019 Pages: 817 - 823

   

10. Knockdown of long non-coding RNA plasmacytoma variant translocation 1 inhibits cell proliferation while promotes cell apoptosis via regulating miR-486-mediated CDK4 and BCAS2 in multiple myeloma

    • Man Zhang
    • Xuliang Zhao
    • Zhuojun Wei

    Original Article 03 January 2020 Pages: 825 - 834

    

11. Coexistence of uterine adenomyosis is not associated with a better prognosis in endometrioid-type endometrial cancer

    • Koray Aslan
    • Mustafa Erkan Sarı
    • Bülent Özdal

    Original Article 23 January 2020 Pages: 835 - 842

    

12. Antegrade pyelography, a survey among urologists

    • Rosa S Djajadiningrat
    • Jochen Walz
    • Hossain Roshani

    Original Article 28 January 2020 Pages: 843 - 848

    

13. Diagnostic yield of a custom-designed multi-gene cancer panel in Irish patients with breast cancer

    • Úna M. McVeigh
    • Terri P. McVeigh
    • Micheal J. Kerin

    Original Article 01 February 2020 Pages: 849 - 864

    

14. USP9X promotes the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by regulating beta-catenin

    • Mei-yuan Chen
    • Zi-ping Li
    • Ming Ma

    Original Article 17 February 2020 Pages: 865 - 871

    

15. Gender differences in the revascularization rates and in-hospital outcomes in hospitalizations with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

    • Priyank Shah
    • Krunalkumar Patel
    • Rajkumar Doshi

    Original Article 19 December 2019 Pages: 873 - 884

    

16. AGT rs699 and AGTR1 rs5186 gene variants are associated with cardiovascular-related phenotypes in atherosclerotic peripheral arterial obstructive disease

    • Yerik Junusbekov
    • Burcu Bayoglu
    • Caner Arslan

    Original Article 19 December 2019 Pages: 885 - 894

    

17. CRT Survey II: a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) survey of cardiac resynchronization therapy—an Irish subset analysis

    • Deepti Ranganathan
    • Zain Sharif
    • Ricky Sheahan

    Original Article 24 January 2020 Pages: 895 - 905

    

18. Occurrence and predictive factors of restenosis in coronary heart disease patients underwent sirolimus-eluting stent implantation

    • Jiayu Zhao
    • Xun Wang
    • Xianghua Fu

    Original Article 27 January 2020 Pages: 907 - 915

    

19. Impact of atrial fibrillation on frailty and functionality in older adults

    • Meltem Koca
    • Burcu Balam Yavuz
    • Mustafa Cankurtaran

    Original Article 29 January 2020 Pages: 917 - 924

20. Evaluation of lipid services in the Republic of Ireland

    • Ruth Agar
    • Meabh Prendergast
    • Vincent Maher

    Original Article 06 February 2020 Pages: 925 - 931

    

21. High level of circulating microRNA-142 is associated with acute myocardial infarction and reduced survival

    • Xian Guo
    • Yu Chen
    • Cheng-Yong Shi

    Original Article 17 February 2020 Pages: 933 - 937

    

22. Correction to: The role of speckle tracking echocardiography in monitoring cardiac function in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis

    • Ludmila Danilowicz-Szymanowicz
    • Katarzyna Sikorska
    • Grzegorz Raczak

    Correction 09 December 2019 Pages: 939 - 939

23. Correction to: CRT Survey II: a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) survey of cardiac resynchronization therapy—an Irish subset analysis

    • Deepti Ranganathan
    • Zain Sharif
    • Ricky Sheahan

    Correction 06 February 2020 Pages: 941 - 941

24. Risk factors of systematic biliary complications in patients with gallbladder stones

    • Zhe Cao
    • Jinghua Wei
    • Qiang Qu

    Original Article 19 December 2019 Pages: 943 - 947

25. Scaphoid fractures: has magnetic resonance imaging become a cost-effective alternative to definitive diagnosis?

    • Martin Davey
    • Ian Feeley
    • Hannan Mullett

    Original Article 07 January 2020 Pages: 949 - 952

26. Risk of drug interactions and prescription appropriateness in elderly patients

    • Elisa Petrini
    • Gian Paolo Caviglia
    • Davide Giuseppe Ribaldone

    Original Article 30 November 2019 Pages: 953 - 959

    

27. Monitoring of atrial fibrillation in primary care patients prescribed direct oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention

    • Aileen Murphy
    • Ann Kirby
    • Colin Bradley

    Original Article 03 January 2020 Pages: 961 - 966

    

28. Unknown breastfeeding rates among Traveller women in Ireland: a systems failure to collect, record and report

    • Anne Fallon

    Brief Report 11 December 2019 Pages: 967 - 968

29. Does membrane sweep work? Assessing obstetric outcomes and patient perception of cervical membrane sweeping at term in an Irish obstetric population: a prospective multi-centre cohort study

    • Chukwudi H. Ugezu
    • Paul Corcoran
    • Cathy Burke

    Original Article 05 February 2020 Pages: 969 - 977

    

30. A retrospective study of myeloid leukaemia in children with Down syndrome in Ireland

    • Gavin P. Dowling
    • Andrea Piccin
    • Owen P. Smith

    Original Article 31 January 2020 Pages: 979 - 984

    

31. Effects of montelukast sodium plus budesonide on lung function, inflammatory factors, and immune levels in elderly patients with asthma

    • Yan Zhang
    • Baohong Li

    Original Article 03 January 2020 Pages: 985 - 990

    

32. Psychological morbidity among forcibly displaced children—a literature review

    • Christian Rey Cayabyab
    • Peter O’Reilly
    • Clodagh O’Gorman

    Review Article 28 January 2020 Pages: 991 - 997

33. Admission of patients with acute urinary retention leads to a definitive management decision

    • Paul Christopher Ryan
    • Éanna J. Ryan
    • David W. Mulvin

    Original Article 19 December 2019 Pages: 999 - 1003

    

34. Analysing the Society for Vascular Surgery and American Association for Vascular Surgery scoring systems for outcomes post-endovascular aortic repair

    • Patrick Canning
    • Grace Doherty
    • Sherif Sultan

    Original Article 20 December 2019 Pages: 1005 - 1013

    

35. Should all paediatric appendicectomies be performed in a specialist or high-volume setting?

    • Robert Michael O’Connell
    • Sami Abd Elwahab
    • Kenneth Mealy

    Original Article 02 January 2020 Pages: 1015 - 1021

36. Five-year follow-up of patients treated with intra-dermal botulinum toxin for axillary hyperhidrosis

    • Olwyn E. Lynch
    • T. Aherne
    • S. Tierney

    Original Article 03 January 2020 Pages: 1023 - 1026

37. The DATA protocol: developing an educational tool to optimise note-writing in hospitals

    • Jessica M. Ryan
    • Keith Geraghty
    • Kevin Barry

    Original Article 22 January 2020 Pages: 1027 - 1031

    

38. Retraction Note: Obturator nerve block transurethral surgery for bladder cancer: comparison of inguinal and intravesical approaches: prospective randomized trial

    • F. Hızlı
    • G. Argun
    • A. Köşüş

    Retraction Note 07 February 2020 Pages: 1033 - 1033

39. Sponsorship, advertising and alcohol control in Ireland: the importance of both premises and products in regulating intoxigenic environments

    • Frank Houghton
    • Derek McInerney

    Brief Report 05 December 2019 Pages: 1035 - 1037

    

40. Decision-making in awake fibre optic intubation for patients with severe dentofacial infection: which patients will require fibre optic intubation?

    • Conor M Bowe
    • Jessie A Elliott
    • Gerard J Kearns

    Original Article 06 December 2019 Pages: 1039 - 1045

    

41. “Rapid sequence induction”—an anaesthesiology boot camp

    • Caoimhe C Duffy
    • Zeenat Nawoor-Quinn
    • Crina L Burlacu

    Original Article 11 December 2019 Pages: 1047 - 1051

    

42. Intraoperative cell salvage as part of a blood conservation strategy in an obstetric population with abnormal placentation at a large Irish tertiary referral centre: an observational study

    • Doireann O’Flaherty
    • Siobhan Enright
    • Niamh Hayes

    Original Article 30 January 2020 Pages: 1053 - 1060

    

43. Effects of intravenous and mask induction on post-operative emergence delirium in pediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy

    • Kevser Peker
    • Reyhan Polat

    Original Article 11 February 2020 Pages: 1061 - 1068

    

44. Managing opioid consumption after caesarean delivery: a quality improvement initiative

    • Ruairi Irwin
    • Glenn Paul Abela
    • Terry Tan

    Brief Report 11 February 2020 Pages: 1069 - 1072

    

45. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest quality of life follow-up study of survivors in Munster, Ireland

    • Kieran Henry
    • Jeffrey Mulcaire
    • Conor Deasy

    Original Article 12 February 2020 Pages: 1073 - 1085

    

46. Hypotension during hip fracture surgery and postoperative morbidity

    • Gabriel Beecham
    • Rachael Cusack
    • Donal J. Buggy

    Original Article Open access 13 February 2020 Pages: 1087 - 1096

    

47. Retrograde ureteric stent exchange in the female oncology patient by interventional radiology: the experience of a single tertiary referral centre

    • Roger Smyth
    • Douglas Mulholland
    • J. Mark Ryan

    Original Article 31 January 2020 Pages: 1097 - 1104

    

48. Statistical analysis of fat and muscle mass in osteoporosis in elderly population using total body DXA scans

    • Najia Siddique
    • Nessa Fallon
    • J. B. Walsh

    Original Article 10 February 2020 Pages: 1105 - 1113

    

49. Characteristics and outcomes of acute colitis diagnosed on cross-sectional imaging presenting via the emergency department in an Irish academic medical centre

    • J O’Connell
    • S Keohane
    • D Kevans

    Original Article 10 January 2020 Pages: 1115 - 1121

    

50. Risk factors for potential drug-drug interactions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    • Dobrivoje Stojadinovic
    • Radica Zivkovic Zaric
    • Romana Susa

    Brief Report 05 December 2019 Pages: 1123 - 1125