1. Investigating the cost implications of including all respiratory medicines in PCRS schemes

   • Jackie O’Dwyer
   • Aileen Murphy

   Original Article 01 February 2018 Pages: 859 - 866

   

2. Barriers to the medication error reporting process within the Irish National Ambulance Service, a focus group study

   • Eamonn Byrne
   • Gerard Bury

   Original Article 08 February 2018 Pages: 867 - 871

3. Quality of information on the Internet—has a decade made a difference?

   • Jeyanthi Kulasegarah
   • Kassandra McGregor
   • Murali Mahadevan

   Original Article 28 March 2018 Pages: 873 - 876

4. Breast cancer and chronic pain: a mixed methods review

   • Lorraine R. Feeney
   • Shona M. Tormey
   • Dominic C. Harmon

   Review Article 05 February 2018 Pages: 877 - 885

   

5. The emerging role of stereotactic radiotherapy in gastrointestinal malignancies: a review of the literature and analysis from the Irish perspective

   • Siobhra O’Sullivan
   • Daniel N. Cagney

   Review Article 08 February 2018 Pages: 887 - 894

6. A meta-analysis of consanguinity and breast cancer

   • John B. Wild
   • Mei-Ju Hwang
   • Gabriela Jones

   Review Article 24 March 2018 Pages: 895 - 899

   

7. Evaluation of the effect of the accordion suturing technique on wound lengths in breast cancer surgery: a randomised clinical trial

   • Michael Ita
   • Kevin Koh
   • Mark A. Corrigan

   Original Article 21 March 2018 Pages: 901 - 906

   

8. A positive conversion in hormone receptor and HER2 status might have an impact on survival after liver resection for breast cancer metastases

   • Kadri Altundag

   Letter to the Editor 03 March 2018 Pages: 907 - 907

9. Prediction efficiency of serum cystatin C for clinical outcome in patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy

   • Zhong-bao Ruan
   • Ge-cai Chen
   • Li Zhu

   Original Article 24 February 2018 Pages: 909 - 914

   

10. Cardiovascular disease risk factor profile of male Gaelic Athletic Association sports referees

    • Catherine Noelle O’Riordan
    • Micheál Newell
    • Gerard Flaherty

    Original Article 27 March 2018 Pages: 915 - 924

    

11. Angiotensin II receptor blockers for the treatment of portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    • Huijing Yao
    • Chunqing Zhang

    Review Article 22 February 2018 Pages: 925 - 934

    

12. Cytomegalovirus infection and steroid-refractory inflammatory bowel disease: possible relationship from an updated meta-analysis

    • Chen-Chen Liu
    • Shusheng Ji
    • Wen Li

    Original Article 01 February 2018 Pages: 935 - 942

    

13. Timed colonoscopy withdrawal, a mandatory quality measure in the era of national screening?

    • Vikrant Parihar
    • Claire O’Leary
    • Paud O’Reagan

    Original Article 06 February 2018 Pages: 943 - 945

    

14. Financial impact of inaccurate Adverse Event recording post Hip Fracture surgery: Addendum to 'Adverse event recording post hip fracture surgery'

    • Matthew J. Lee
    • Kevin Doody
    • Brian Lenehan

    Original Article 15 February 2018 Pages: 947 - 951

    

15. A snapshot of type two diabetes mellitus management in general practice prior to the introduction of diabetes Cycle of Care

    • Jennifer V. Gettings
    • Raymond O’Connor
    • Andrew O’Regan

    Original Article 07 February 2018 Pages: 953 - 957

    

16. Dedicated general practitioner education sessions can improve diagnostic capabilities and may have a positive effect on referral patterns for common skin lesions

    • Suzanne M. Beecher
    • Cillian Keogh
    • Claragh Healy

    Original Article 14 March 2018 Pages: 959 - 963

    

17. Fetal valproate syndrome: the Irish experience

    • Hamizah Mohd Yunos
    • Andrew Green

    Original Article 03 February 2018 Pages: 965 - 968

    

18. Antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI) in primary care; what factors affect prescribing and why is it important? A narrative review

    • Ray O’Connor
    • Jane O’Doherty
    • Colum Dunne

    Review Article Open access 12 March 2018 Pages: 969 - 986

19. Child Art Psychotherapy in CAMHS in Ireland—a parent satisfaction study

    • Ezgi Tanıl
    • Aynur Coşkunlu
    • Aisling Mulligan

    Original Article 29 March 2018 Pages: 987 - 992

    

20. The importance of standardisation of measurement and reference intervals for detection of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL)

    • Tomás P. Griffin
    • Delia Bogdanet
    • Marcia Bell

    Case based reviews 19 February 2018 Pages: 993 - 998

    

21. A comparison of diagnostic performance of vacuum-assisted biopsy and core needle biopsy for breast microcalcification: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Xu Chen Huang
    • Xu Hua Hu
    • Gui Ying Wang

    Original Article 16 March 2018 Pages: 999 - 1008

    

22. The role of liver resection in patients with metastatic breast cancer: a systematic review examining the survival impact

    • Sadia Tasleem
    • Jarlath C. Bolger
    • Carmel Malone

    Review Article 01 February 2018 Pages: 1009 - 1020

    

23. Port insertion for minimally invasive surgery: a report of practices in the Irish Republic

    • Cuan M. Harrington
    • Dara O. Kavanagh
    • Dermot Hehir

    Original Article 06 February 2018 Pages: 1021 - 1027

    

24. Non-operative treatment of appendicitis: public perception and decision-making

    • Emer P. O’Connell
    • Annmarie White
    • Kevin Barry

    Original Article 08 February 2018 Pages: 1029 - 1038

    

25. Mortality rates of patients undergoing emergency laparotomy in an Irish university teaching hospital

    • Aoife C. Kiernan
    • Peadar S. Waters
    • Bridget Egan

    Original Article 15 February 2018 Pages: 1039 - 1044

26. Lumbar sympathectomy can improve symptoms associated with ischaemia, vasculitis, diabetic neuropathy and hyperhidrosis affecting the lower extremities—a single-centre experience

    • Sean C. Maguire
    • Christina A. Fleming
    • Gerald McGreal

    Original Article 07 March 2018 Pages: 1045 - 1049

27. The College of Anaesthetists of Ireland Simulation Training programme: a descriptive report and analysis of course participants’ feedback

    • Aine Cafferkey
    • Elizabeth Coyle
    • Crina Burlacu

    Original Article 20 March 2018 Pages: 1051 - 1056

28. Neurological autoantibodies in drug-resistant epilepsy of unknown cause

    • Mehmet Tecellioglu
    • Ozden Kamisli
    • Cemal Ozcan

    Original Article 09 March 2018 Pages: 1057 - 1063

    

29. Evaluation of regulatory T lymphocytes and IL2Ra and FOXP3 gene expression in peripheral mononuclear cells from patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    • Sara Rashid Chehreh Bargh
    • Abbas Tafakhori
    • Nima Rezaei

    Original Article 25 March 2018 Pages: 1065 - 1071

    

30. The benefits of a Neurogenetics clinic in an adult Academic Teaching Hospital

    • Diana A. Olszewska
    • Terri McVeigh
    • Tim Lynch

    Brief Report 09 March 2018 Pages: 1073 - 1076

31. Can the synthetic C view images be used in isolation for diagnosing breast malignancy without reviewing the entire digital breast tomosynthesis data set?

    • Mark C. Murphy
    • Louise Coffey
    • Sorcha McNally

    Original Article 09 February 2018 Pages: 1077 - 1081

    

32. Plasma concentration of urokinase plasminogen activator receptor is a marker of kidney allograft function

    • Marzena Staniszewska
    • Violetta Dziedziejko
    • Andrzej Pawlik

    Original Article 01 March 2018 Pages: 1083 - 1087

33. Clinical characteristics of Black patients with hypertensive urgency

    • Robert Munashe Maweni
    • Nicholas Sunderland
    • Srikanth Akunuri

    Original Article 14 March 2018 Pages: 1089 - 1096

34. Fifteen-year outcomes of an acute medical admission unit

    • Richard Conway
    • Declan Byrne
    • Bernard Silke

    Original Article 17 March 2018 Pages: 1097 - 1105

    

35. An assessment of deep venous thrombosis in Irish older adults in an acute medical assessment unit

    • Christopher Nnaemeka Osuafor
    • Adedayo Olawuni
    • Ricardo Bagina

    Letter to the Editor 13 February 2018 Pages: 1107 - 1108

36. Blunt testicular trauma – is surgical exploration necessary?

    • E. J. Redmond
    • F. T. Mac Namara
    • H. D. Flood

    Original Article 08 February 2018 Pages: 1109 - 1113

    

37. Emphasis of FAS/FASL gene polymorphism in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer

    • Cavit Ceylan
    • Sedat Yahşi
    • Gulay Ceylan

    Original Article 16 February 2018 Pages: 1115 - 1119

38. Shock wave lithotripsy or retrograde intrarenal surgery: which one is more effective for 10–20-mm renal stones in children

    • Giray Ergin
    • Mustafa Kirac
    • Hasan Biri

    Original Article 03 March 2018 Pages: 1121 - 1126

39. Festschrift for Professor Ronan O’Connell

    • James F. X. Jones

    Invited Commentary 25 April 2018 Pages: 1127 - 1128

    

40. Festschrift for Patrick Ronan (PR) O’Connell (also known as ROCON): reconciling surgery and science

    • John Calvin Coffey

    Original Article 09 April 2018 Pages: 1129 - 1131

41. Festschrift for Ronan O’Connell: pouchitis, ulcerative colitis and the microbiome

    • Aonghus Lavelle

    Review Article 09 March 2018 Pages: 1133 - 1137

    

42. Prof Ronan O’Connell Festschrift: Stricture pathogenesis in Crohn’s disease—the role of intestinal fibroblasts

    • Jürgen Mulsow

    Review Article 18 July 2018 Pages: 1139 - 1142

    

43. Human studies of anorectal sensory function

    • Charles H. Knowles

    Review Article Open access 20 June 2018 Pages: 1143 - 1147

44. An animal model of faecal incontinence and sacral neuromodulation

    • James F. X. Jones

    Review Article 08 April 2018 Pages: 1149 - 1151