IGS 2003 Poster Schedule
These abstracts appear in the Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2003, 172 (Suppl 3), 12-30
Posters - Stroke
1
Outcome of Specialist Nurse intervention following stroke
J. Greene, M. Power. Ulster
Community Hospital
2
Diagnosing Stroke: The Value of Clinical Assessment
N. Boyle, et al. St.Vincent's
University Hospital
3
An Audit of Risk Factor Management in Community Dwelling Stroke
Survivors
MA Egan, P McCormack. James
Connolly Memorial Hospital, Dublin.
4
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Stroke Sub-types.
T. Walsh, et al. Mid-Western
Regional Hospital, St. Camillus Hospital & UL.
5
Re-audit of stroke admission to an Irish general hospital
J Garvey, M. Reardon. Wexford
General Hospital
6
How does clinical classification of stroke subtype compare with CT
findings
J Ryan, et al. St Vincent's
University Hospital, Dublin
7
Factors associated with delay in acute stroke management
I Noone, et al. St Vincent's
University Hospital
8
National Sentinel Audit of Stroke UK as applied to the Stroke Unit,
St. Camillus Hospital, Limerick.
J Browne, et al. Limerick Regional
Hospital/St Camillus Hospital, Limerick
9
Audit of Stroke
MR McDonald, et al. University
College Hospital Galway
Posters - Clinical
Pharmacology
10
A double blind randomised placebo-controlled comparison of two
premedication regimens in older people undergoing flexible Fibreoptic
Bronchoscopy.
M Watts, et al. Limerick Regional
Hospital
11
A comparison of the Beers Criteria and the Improved Prescribing in
the Elderly Tool (IPET) in a prospective cohort of acutely ill
elderly hospitalised patients
P Barry, et al. Cork University
Hospital
12
The incidence of SSRI/SNRI induced hyponatraemia in the
elderly.
J.Sanders, et al. Adelaide and Meath
Hospital
13
Recommendations for blood test monitoring of commonly used
medications in elderly nursing home residents: The use of a
'Medication Monitoring Chart'
S Taherzadeh, et al. St Vincent's
University Hospital, Royal Hospital Donnybrook.
14
Retrospective study of hypnotic prescription in acute and
rehabilitation wards for the elderly
KM Tan, et al. MedEL Directorate,
St. James's Hospital, Dublin
Posters - Mental
Health
15
Suicide-related bereavement and psychiatric morbidity in the
elderly
CS Clarke M Wrigley. Mater
Misericordiae Hospital
16
Referrals of elderly medical inpatients for psychiatric
evaluation
C O'Neill, et al. MIRA, St. James's
Hospital, Dublin
17
Quality of life and dementia: How best to measure?
S Cahill, et al. DSIDC Dublin,
STAKES, Finland, Dementia Voice UK, The Norwegian Centre for Dementia
Research
18
Support for caregivers of people with dementia - a multidisciplinary
approach.
S.Lawson, et al. Adelaide and Meath
Hospital
19
What's in a name: Views on psychiatric services for older
people
J Reidy, et al. Adelaide &
Meath Hospital Dublin & South West Area Health
Board
20
Structured groups for patients with mild-moderate cognitive
impairment: a multi-disciplinary approach
S O'Brien, et al. Adelaide &
Meath Hospital
Posters - Multi-Centre
Trials
21
CLOTS: A randomised trial to establish the effectiveness of graduated
compression stockings to prevent post stroke deep vein thrombosis
(DVT)
CA Williams on behalf of the CLOTS
Trial Collaboration
Neurosciences Trials Unit,
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
22
Healthy Ageing Research Programme (HARP)
HRB research team incorporating
RCSI, TCD and ESRI, Dublin and QUB.
Posters: Multi-disciplinary
Assessment
23 Is the Allen test superior
to the MMSE in predicting discharge status in an older
population.
B.Moynihan, et al. St Mary's
Hospital
24
Is there too much reliance on the MMSE as a measure of cognitive
impairment?
M O'Rathaille et al. Waterford
Regional Hospital, South Eastern Health Board
25
A retrospective analysis of the sentence writing component of
Folstein's MMSE: Influence of writing style, letter case and sentence
polarity on overall MMSE score.
F McCarthy, et al. Mater
Misericordiae Hospital
26
Utility of the CANTAB Paired Associates Learning (PAL) test in the
early detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD)
HP O'Connell, et al. MIRA, St
James's Hospital, Dublin.
27
What affects cognitive performance? A look at the non-demented
community dwelling elderly Irish population.
A Chin, et al. MIRA, St James's
Hospital, Dublin.
28
A study of the nutritional status of a day hospital and long-term
care population
F McCarthy, et al. St Mary's
Hospital, Dublin.
29
Factors associated with the clinical assessment of rehabilitation
potential.
J Miranda et al. St James Hospital,
Keele University
30
A study of activity levels and dairy product consumption in elderly
referrals for DEXA scan.
N Maher et al. Falls and
Osteoporosis Unit, St. James's Hospital.
31
Does fear of falling reduce with physiotherapy in fallers referred to
the acute assessment day hospital for the elderly
S Noel, et al. St Vincent's
University Hospital
32
Screening for visual impairment in elderly rehabilitation
patients.
J Hughes, et al. St Vincent's
University Hospital
33
The importance of reducing seasonal variation in the provision of
extended nursing care beds
N Boyle, et al. St Vincent's
Hospital.
34
Access to long term care for hospital inpatients: is geriatric
assessment necessary?
R Purcell et al. St James's
Hospital, Dublin
35
Long term care waiting list in the community - the importance of
regular review.
O Collins, et al. St Vincent's
University Hospital
36
Implementing current recommendations for primary and secondary
prevention of vascular disease in extended nursing care
N Boyle, et al. St Vincent's
University Hospital
37
(Sub) acute on (chronic) take in older people?
M Martin, et al. Adelaide &
Meath Hospital
38
Lung cancer management in patients aged eighty and over: is there any
age bias?
BA Hamilton, et al. Craigavon Area
Hospital
39
Prescription patterns in the elderly population in Ireland - 'new'
versus 'old' medical card holders.
C Usher, et al. TCD
40
Does Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) data capture the true
complexity of stroke patients?
S Kennelly, et al. James Connolly
Memorial Hospital, Dublin
41
Profile of patients attending the elderly amputee service and their
outcomes.
S Kennelly, et al. James Connolly
Memorial Hospital, Dublin
42
Accreditation - the undeclared costs for a multi-disciplinary elderly
care team
D O'Neill on behalf of ARHC
Accreditation Team, Adelaide and Meath Hospital
43
Cost of care for people with dementia in nursing homes in
Ireland
A Dooley, S Cahill, Dementia
Services Information and Development Centre
44
Intermediate Care in Northern Ireland
RE Kelly, Lagan Valley Hospital,
Lisburn
45
Predictors of mortality in older patients attending for day hospital
assessment
E Dolan, et al. St Mary's Hospital,
Dublin.
46
Percutaneous Enteral Gastrostomy (PEG) feeding in the
elderly
R Kelly, et al. St Columcille's
Hospital.
47
Audit of PEG tube insertion and outcome in an elderly hospital
population
S Kennelly, et al. James Connolly
Memorial Hospital, Dublin
48
Lessons from 12 years of clinical audit in geriatric
medicine
KA O'Connor, et al. Cork University
Hospital
49
Do older people tolerate ambulatory blood pressure
monitoring?
C McGreevy et al, Galway Regional
Hospital
50
Prevalence of osteoporosis in nursing home patients
O Geraghty, et al. St James
Hospital, Dublin
51
The effect of age on bone biochemistry and densitometry in renal
transplant recipients.
MC Casey, et al. St James Hospital,
Dublin
52
The effect of vitamin D supplementation on bone biochemistry and
densitometry in institutionalised elderly
O Geraghty, et al. St James
Hospital
53
Renal artery stenosis - a cause of secondary hypertension
SK Lee et al. Beaumont Hospital
Dublin
54
Alcohol excess: documentation and prevalence in an elderly day
hospital population.
N Harnedy, et al. Mater
Misericordiae Hospital
55
Eligibility and initial acceptability of External Hip Protectors by
elderly in patients.
CW Fan, et al. St. James
Hospital.
56
Survey of patients who fail to attend Memory Clinic
appointments
I Bruce et al. Mercer Institute,
St. James's Hospital.
57
Eurocoin recognition and calculation: Is older adults ability to
adapt to a currency changeover determined by age or cognitive
status?
F McCarthy, et al. Mater
Misericordiae Hospital.
58
Saturation of nursing homes places in southwest Dublin
T Coughlan, D O'Neill, Adelaide
& Meath Hospital.