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A Novel Atrial Fibrillation Evaluation Modelling Solution For NHS
Approximately every fifth stroke in UK is due to AF and costs the UK National Health Service are between $12,000 and $17,500 per stroke. The aim of this study was to undertake a retrospective health economic analysis of the cost-effectiveness and implications related to opportunistic Atrial Fibrillation (AF) screening in primary care and the detection of previously undiagnosed AF cases in patients, and create a novel modelling solution that can empower individual users and organisations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in their decision making, technology assessment, comparison of various anticoagulation d rug group...
Source: Value in Health - October 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: G Xydopoulos, R Fordham, Z Khanbai Source Type: research

Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner Has Died Aged 91
(LOS ANGELES) — Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television, symbolized by bow-tied women in bunny costumes, has died at age 91. Hefner died of natural causes at his home surrounded by family on Wednesday night, Playboy said in a statement. As much as anyone, Hefner helped slip sex out of the confines of plain brown wrappers and into mainstream conversation. In 1953, a time when states could legally ban contraceptives, when the word “pregnant” was not allowed on “I L...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - September 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Dalton / AP Tags: Uncategorized onetime remembrance Source Type: news

Use of cardiopulmonary pump support during coronary artery bypass grafting in the high-risk: a meta-analysis
ConclusionsOn-pump is associated with a decreased risk of additional revascularization by 1  year. However, this appears to be a cost of longer hospitalization.
Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science - September 21, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

FDA approves Malin ’ s Hourglass peripheral embolization plug
Irish life sciences company Malin Corp said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Hourglass peripheral embolization plug. The company said the Hourglass plug is designed to be deployed over-the-wire for peripheral embolization procedures, and can provide immediate occlusion with a single integrated device. “This is the 1st integrated, over-the-wire device designed for peripheral embolization procedures. The goal with over-the-wire design is to provide physicians with accurate, stent-like delivery of the device in the vessel,” Hourglass co-developer George Wallace, said in prepared remarks. “The Hourgl...
Source: Mass Device - August 22, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: 510(k) Regulatory/Compliance Vascular malincorp Source Type: news

Promoting evidence-based health care in Africa
Charles Shey Wiysonge, Director ofCochane  South Africa, gave an interview to the World Health Organization Bulletin. Here is a re-post , with premission, from their  recent publication.Charles Shey Wiysonge is devoted to encouraging better use of scientific evidence for health policies and programmes in African countries. He is the director of the South African Cochrane Centre, a unit of the South African Medical Research Council, and a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the department of Global Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He was Chief Res...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - August 17, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news

In light of recently published clinical trials and their implication for clinical practice, does a large catchment area acute hospital require 24  hour CT neck and head angiography and/or neuro-interventional services in the setting of acute ischaemic stroke?
ConclusionUHL should provide routine CT angiography to all patients presenting with acute ischaemic stroke in line with current guidelines. The need for provision of neuro-interventional services on-site proved more difficult to assess and requires further analysis.
Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science - August 15, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Standardising care for heart attack (STEMI) patients, Ireland
Under a reform agenda, the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland initiated the National Clinical Programme for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) in 2010, as a joint venture with the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI). Early attention was focussed on treatment of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) as treatment varied nationally depending on distance from a Cardiac centre offering 24/7 primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI) (direct clot removal), a more effective treatment with less complications but requiring specialised facilities compared with thrombolysis (clot dissolving drug ...
Source: International Journal of Integrated Care - August 1, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Thrombolysis for stroke in Ireland: increasing access and maintaining safety in a challenging environment
ConclusionStroke thrombolysis is being effectively and safely provided in acute stroke services in Ireland despite regular involvement of non-specialist staff. There is still potential to improve thrombolysis rate.
Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science - July 17, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Standardising care for heart attack (STEMI) patients, Ireland
Under a reform agenda, the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland initiated the National Clinical Programme for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) in 2010, as a joint venture with the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI). Early attention was focussed on treatment of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) as treatment varied nationally depending on distance from a Cardiac centre offering 24/7 primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI) (direct clot removal), a more effective treatment with less complications but requiring specialised facilities compared with thrombolysis (clot dissolving drug ...
Source: International Journal of Integrated Care - July 10, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research

Validation and comparison of imaging-based scores for prediction of early stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack: a pooled analysis of individual-patient data from cohort studies
Publication date: November 2016 Source:The Lancet Neurology, Volume 15, Issue 12 Author(s): Peter J Kelly, Gregory W Albers, Anastasios Chatzikonstantinou, Gian Marco De Marchis, Julia Ferrari, Paul George, Mira Katan, Michael Knoflach, Jong S Kim, Linxin Li, Eun-Jae Lee, Jean-Marc Olivot, Francisco Purroy, Nicolas Raposo, Peter M Rothwell, Vijay K Sharma, Bo Song, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Cathal Walsh, Yuming Xu, Aine Merwick Background Identification of patients at highest risk of early stroke after transient ischaemic attack has been improved with imaging based scores. We aimed to compare the validity and prognostic utilit...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - October 10, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Medtronic, Germany’s Phenox to open new plants in Ireland
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and German medical device maker Phenox are each planning to open new manufacturing plants in Galway, Ireland. Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic said it plans to spend about $14.3 million (€13 million) building a new, 20,000-square-foot facility will be used to make its In.Pact Admiral drug-coated balloon. The plant is expected to employ about 100 workers, the company said. “Since launching the In.Pact Admiral DCB in the U.S. market, it has quickly become the fastest adopted DCB technology. In fact, our global market leadership in DCB is driving the need to open the new facility here in Galway to...
Source: Mass Device - December 14, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Business/Financial News Medtronic phenox Source Type: news

Stroke vigilance urged as data shows women more at risk
42% more women than men died of stroke in Ireland in 2013, CSO figures show
Source: The Irish Times - Health - March 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Peripheral Artery Disease: A Marked Lack of Awareness in Ireland.
CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates a disturbing lack of awareness of PAD and highlight the need for a meaningful targeted public health awareness campaign on PAD in order to close the gap of knowledge in Irish patients, prior to any prevention campaign. PMID: 25736513 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: PubMed: Eur J Vasc Endovasc ... - February 28, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Cronin CT, McCartan DP, McMonagle M, Cross KS, Dowdall JF Tags: Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg Source Type: research

The association of cold weather and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the island of Ireland between 1984 and 2007
Conclusions: The study findings indicated strong cold weather-mortality associations in the island of Ireland; these effects were less persistent, and for CVD mortality, smaller in NI than in the ROI. Together with suggestive differences in associations by age and gender between the two Irish jurisdictions, the findings suggest potential contribution of underlying societal differences, and require further exploration. The evidence provided here will hope to contribute to the current efforts to modify fuel policy and reduce winter mortality in Ireland.
Source: BioMed Central - December 6, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Ariana ZekaStephen BrowneHelen McAvoyPatrick Goodman Source Type: research

When should a doctor see me when I get sick? A study of the time of day acutely ill medical patients present and the time they wait to see a doctor in Ireland.
CONCLUSION: Waiting to be seen by a doctor may increase the risk of death to some patients. For these patients it is probably safer to be seen quickly by any doctor, rather than travel many miles and wait several hours to see a better one. PMID: 25468249 [PubMed - in process]
Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - December 1, 2014 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kellett J, Deane B Tags: Eur J Intern Med Source Type: research