1. In recognition of Ireland’s doctor scientists: Carel le Roux, Seamas Donnelly and Michael P Keane

   • William P. Tormey

   Editorial 16 July 2018 Pages: 543 - 544

2. Assessment of patient concerns: a review

   • Jemima Nilan
   • Deepak Doltani
   • Dominic Harmon

   Review Article 24 January 2018 Pages: 545 - 551

3. Patient safety ward round checklist via an electronic app: implications for harm prevention

   • C. Keller
   • S. Arsenault
   • C. P. Doherty

   Original Article 06 November 2017 Pages: 553 - 559

   

4. The effect of SMS (text message) reminders on attendance at a community adult mental health service clinic: do SMS reminders really increase attendance?

   • Lucy Moran
   • Kieran O’Loughlin
   • Brendan D. Kelly

   Original Article 16 November 2017 Pages: 561 - 564

5. Smartphones in clinical practice: doctors’ experience at two Dublin paediatric teaching hospitals

   • Taha S. El Hadidy
   • Abdulrahman E. Alshafei
   • Eva M. Doherty

   Original Article 23 November 2017 Pages: 565 - 573

6. Direct to consumer genetic testing—law and policy concerns in Ireland

   • Aisling de Paor

   Original Article 25 November 2017 Pages: 575 - 584

7. Transfer of critically ill adults—assessing the need for training

   • Ruth-Aoibheann O’Leary
   • Brian Marsh
   • Paul O’Connor

   Original Article 12 January 2018 Pages: 585 - 591

   

8. Persons with disability, social deprivation and an emergency medical admission

   • Seán Cournane
   • Richard Conway
   • Bernard Silke

   Original Article 16 January 2018 Pages: 593 - 600

   

9. Emerging trends in hospitalisation for fragility fractures in Ireland

   • M. A. Kelly
   • B. McGowan
   • C. Silke

   Original Article 20 January 2018 Pages: 601 - 608

   

10. Using the theory of planned behavior framework for designing interventions related to organ donation

    • M. Ghaffari
    • M. Latifi
    • A. Ramezankhani

    Historical and Literary 24 October 2017 Pages: 609 - 613

    

11. Dermatomyositis and colorectal cancer: a systematic review

    • Ioannis D. Gkegkes
    • Evelyn E. Minis
    • Christos Iavazzo

    Review Article 22 November 2017 Pages: 615 - 620

    

12. Long non-coding RNA TRPM2-AS as a potential biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma

    • C. Xu
    • Q. Huang
    • Y. Du

    Original Article Open access 28 October 2017 Pages: 621 - 628

    

13. p16, p21, and p53 proteins play an important role in development of pancreatic intraepithelial neoplastic

    • Justyna Zińczuk
    • Konrad Zaręba
    • Anna Pryczynicz

    Original Article Open access 01 February 2018 Pages: 629 - 637

    

14. Progress of statistical analysis in biomedical research through the historical review of the development of the Framingham score

    • Aleksandra Ignjatović
    • Miodrag Stojanović
    • Marija Anđelković Apostolović

    Review Article 02 December 2017 Pages: 639 - 645

    

15. Evaluation of the effectiveness and patients’ contentment with transanal haemorrhoidal artery dearterialisation and mucopexy (THD) for treatment of haemorrhoidal disease: a 6-year study

    • Qurat Ul Ain
    • Yasir Bashir
    • Emmanuel Eguare

    Original Article 06 December 2017 Pages: 647 - 655

    

16. Comparing reactive oxygen species and DNA fragmentation in semen samples of unexplained infertile and healthy fertile men

    • Zahra Zandieh
    • Akram Vatannejad
    • Saeid Amanpour

    Original Article 15 November 2017 Pages: 657 - 662

    

17. Lateral trochanteric pain following total hip arthroplasty: radiographic assessment of altered biomechanics as a potential aetiology

    • Ali Abdulkarim
    • Cathy Keegan
    • Eoin Sheehan

    Original Article 15 January 2018 Pages: 663 - 668

    

18. Assessment of patients’ attitudes towards weight loss in an Irish general practice setting

    • F. Coffey
    • T.-I. Curran
    • K. Holmes

    Original Article 03 November 2017 Pages: 669 - 674

    

19. Outcomes from a community-based hypertension educational programme: the West of Ireland Hypertension study

    • M. Darrat
    • A. Houlihan
    • F. Sharif

    Original Article 06 November 2017 Pages: 675 - 682

20. Cognitive assessment of older adults in general practice: the collateral history

    • Adam H. Dyer
    • Tony Foley
    • Sean P. Kennelly

    Brief Report 02 December 2017 Pages: 683 - 687

21. Epidemiological changes in rubella IgG antibody levels detected in antenatal women from a retrospective rubella seroprevalence study

    • Ciara O’Connor
    • David Le Blanc
    • Richard J. Drew

    Original Article 05 December 2017 Pages: 689 - 692

    

22. A prospective pilot study of Dilapan-S compared with Propess for induction of labour at 41+ weeks in nulliparous pregnancy

    • David A. Crosby
    • Claire O’Reilly
    • Rhona Mahony

    Original Article 21 December 2017 Pages: 693 - 699

    

23. Maternal metabolic response to dietary treatment for impaired glucose tolerance and gestational diabetes mellitus

    • Karen L. Lindsay
    • Lorraine Brennan
    • Fionnuala M. McAuliffe

    Original Article 20 January 2018 Pages: 701 - 708

24. Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy—a survey of compliance with recommendations

    • C. M. Windrim
    • D. A. Crosby
    • M. Higgins

    Original Article 20 November 2017 Pages: 709 - 712

25. Prenatal surgery for spina bifida: a therapeutic dilemma. Proceedings of the SHINE conference, Belfast

    • Mano Shanmuganathan
    • Deborah A. Sival
    • Stephen Ong

    Review Article 03 November 2017 Pages: 713 - 718

26. From a direct oral anticoagulant to warfarin: reasons why patients switch

    • Aisling Barrett
    • Margaret Moore
    • John Quinn

    Brief Report 21 December 2017 Pages: 719 - 721

27. Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis

    • Tian-Tian Lv
    • Peng Wang
    • Hai-Feng Pan

    Review Article 18 December 2017 Pages: 723 - 730

    

28. Effect of roflumilast on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Lu-Fei Shen
    • Xiao-Dong Lv
    • Wei-Fen Lu

    Original Article 03 February 2018 Pages: 731 - 738

    

29. Suboptimal lipid management before and after ischaemic stroke and TIA—the North Dublin Population Stroke Study

    • Danielle Ní Chróinín
    • Chantelle Ní Chróinín
    • Peter J. Kelly

    Original Article 24 January 2018 Pages: 739 - 746

    

30. Elective ambulatory surgical care in Ireland—why it needs to be better coded, classified and managed

    • Frank Keane
    • Laura Hammond
    • Ken Mealy

    Original Article 12 December 2017 Pages: 747 - 754

    

31. The clinical utility of pre-operative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of outcomes in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    • Brian M. Moloney
    • Ronan M. Waldron
    • Chris G. Collins

    Original Article 24 January 2018 Pages: 755 - 760

32. Aetiological profile and treatment outcomes of epistaxis at a major teaching hospital: a review of 721 cases

    • Brian Carey
    • Patrick Sheahan

    Original Article 02 December 2017 Pages: 761 - 766

    

33. Cerebrospinal fluid and serum IL-8, CCL2, and ICAM-1 concentrations in astrocytic brain tumor patients

    • O. M. Koper
    • J. Kamińska
    • H. Kemona

    Original Article Open access 30 October 2017 Pages: 767 - 775

    

34. Aciclovir-induced acute kidney injury in patients with ‘suspected viral encephalitis’ encountered on a liaison neurology service

    • Petya Bogdanova-Mihaylova
    • David Burke
    • Dominick J. H. McCabe

    Original Article 06 January 2018 Pages: 777 - 780

    

35. MRI and multiple sclerosis––the evolving role of MRI in the diagnosis and management of MS: the radiologist’s perspective

    • Alexis M. Cahalane
    • Hugh Kearney
    • Ronan P. Killeen

    Review Article 25 November 2017 Pages: 781 - 787

    

36. Risk reduction surgery (RRS) for tubo-ovarian cancer in an Irish gynaecological practice: an analysis of indications and outcomes

    • Claire Thompson
    • Ciara McCormick
    • Noreen Gleeson

    Original Article 03 January 2018 Pages: 789 - 794

37. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the kidney: a single-institution experience

    • Sheng F. Oon
    • Robert W. Foley
    • Robert G. Gibney

    Original Article 07 December 2017 Pages: 795 - 802

    

38. Epidemiology of chronic hepatitis B virus in Ireland using routinely collected surveillance and administrative data, 2004–2014

    • Caroline E. van Gemert
    • Niamh Murphy
    • Thornton Thornton

    Original Article 09 December 2017 Pages: 803 - 811

    

39. Correction to: Epidemiology of chronic hepatitis B virus in Ireland using routinely collected surveillance and administrative data, 2004–2014

    • Caroline E. van Gemert
    • Niamh Murphy
    • Lelia Thornton

    Correction 10 January 2018 Pages: 813 - 813

40. A rare ocular complication of neisseria gonorrhoeae

    • Thiago Gonçalves dos Santos Martins
    • Ana Luiza Fontes de Azevedo Costa

    Case based reviews 18 January 2018 Pages: 815 - 816

    

41. Desires versus reality of medical and health science summer student research opportunities

    • P. Gouda
    • S. O’Flynn
    • P. Cantillon

    Brief Report 27 October 2017 Pages: 817 - 820

42. Attitudes to trainee-led surgical mentoring

    • O. Ahmed
    • M. Nugent
    • J. Mulsow

    Original Article 04 November 2017 Pages: 821 - 826

    

43. Cadaveric simulation: a review of reviews

    • M. Yiasemidou
    • E. Gkaragkani
    • C. S. Biyani

    Review Article Open access 14 November 2017 Pages: 827 - 833

    

44. Neuropathology correlates of cognitive assessments

    • Francesca M. Brett
    • Hugh Kearney

    Review Article 18 January 2018 Pages: 835 - 844

    

45. Long-term endurance training increases serum cathepsin S levels in healthy female subjects

    • M. Sponder
    • C. Minichsdorfer
    • J. Strametz-Juranek

    Original Article Open access 27 November 2017 Pages: 845 - 851

46. A cadaveric study of aortic arch variation in an Irish population

    • Aisling M. O’Malley
    • Walid H. El Kininy
    • Shane W. Davy

    Original Article 29 December 2017 Pages: 853 - 858