• Impact of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions: Ambient NO2 and asthma hospital admissions 

  Quintyne, Keith Ian; Kelly, C.; Sheridan, A.; Kenny, P.; O’Dwyer, M. (Irish Medical Organisation, 2021)

  Aim: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 pandemic a global health emergency. Many countries of the world, including Ireland, closed their borders and imposed nationwide lockdown. During this period, ...
• Statins versus placebo for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

  Walsh, Aisling; Perrem, Lucy M.; Elshafi, Mohamed; Khashan, Ali S.; Henry, Michael; Ni Chroinin, Muireann (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019-07-31)

  Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable respiratory disease. COPD exacerbations are associated with worse quality of life, increased hospitalisations, and increased ...
• Sleep duration and eating behaviours are associated with body composition in 5-year-old children: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study 

  Delahunt, Anna; Conway, Marie C.; McDonnell, Ciara; O'Reilly, Sharleen L.; O'Keeffe, Linda M.; Kearney, Patricia M. (Cambridge University Press, 2021-07-21)

  Inadequate sleep and poor eating behaviours are associated with higher risk of childhood overweight and obesity. Less is known about the influence sleep has on eating behaviours and consequently body composition. Furthermore, ...
• The international generalisability of evidence for health policy: A cross country comparison of medication adherence following policy change 

  Sinnott, Sarah-Jo; Whelton, Helen; Franklin Myers, Jessica; Polinski, Jessica Milan (Elsevier B.V., 2016-10-26)

  Copayments for prescriptions may increase morbidity and mortality via reductions in adherence to medications. Relevant data can inform policy to minimise such unintended effects. We explored the generalisability of evidence ...
• Quality indicators for hospital antimicrobial stewardship programmes: a systematic review 

  O'Riordan, Frank; Shiely, Frances; Byrne, Stephen; Fleming, Aoife (Oxford University Press, 2021-03-31)

  Measuring the quality and effectiveness of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes with quality indicators (QIs) is an area of increasing interest. We conducted a systematic review to identify QIs of AMS programmes in ...

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