• Application of recent international epidemiological guidelines to a prospective study of the incidence of first seizures, newly-diagnosed epilepsy and seizure mimics in a defined geographic region in Ireland 

  Maloney, Eimer M.; Chaila, Elijah; O'Reilly. Éilis J.; Costello, Daniel J. (Karger Publishers, 2019-08-21)

  Studies adherent to international guidelines and epilepsy classification are needed to accurately record the incidence of isolated seizures, epilepsy and seizure-mimics within a population. Because the diagnosis of epilepsy ...
• The association between caesarean section and cognitive ability in childhood 

  Hanrahan, Michael; McCarthy, Fergus P.; O'Keeffe, Gerard W.; Khashan, Ali S. (Springer, 2019-10-22)

  Purpose: Global rates of caesarean section (CS) rates have increased rapidly in recent years. This is a growing public health concern as it has been proposed that CS may impact cognitive outcomes in childhood. However, the ...
• A national case fatality study of drugs taken in intentional overdose 

  Daly, Caroline; Griffin, Eve; Corcoran, Paul; Webb, Roger T.; Ashcroft, Darren M.; Perry, Ivan J.; Arensman, Ella (Elsevier, 2019-12-26)

  Background: Intentional drug overdose (IDO) has been linked with marked increases in premature mortality risk due to suicide, accidents and other causes, yet little is known about how case fatality risk varies according ...
• Hospital-presenting self-harm and ideation: Comparison of incidence, profile and risk of repetition 

  Griffin, Eve; Bonner, Brendan; O'Hagan, Denise; Kavalidou, Katerina; Corcoran, Paul (Elsevier Inc., 2019-10-25)

  Objective: The aim of this study was to describe presentations to hospital as a result of self-harm or suicidal ideation and to examine patterns of repetition. Method: Presentations made to hospital emergency departments ...
• Randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve parental knowledge and management practices of fever 

  Kelly, Maria; Sahm, Laura; McCarthy, Suzanne; O'Sullivan, Ronan; McGillicuddy, Aoife; Shiely, Frances (BioMed Central, 2019-11-19)

  Background: We know that parents require resources which can assist them to improve fever knowledge and management practices. The purpose of this study, using an RCT, was to examine the effectiveness of an information ...

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