Management

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Diagnosing and managing adult type 1 diabetes

<h3 class="subheadMIstyles">Background</h3> In the absence of a national diabetes register it is estimated that there are...

By Mindo - 30th Aug 2018
Management
Chronic kidney disease and diabetes – a silent epidemic

The annual global prevalence of diabetes is increasing; currently it is estimated that one-in-11 adults in...

By Denise Blanchfield, Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Diabetes and Renal Impairment, St Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny - 30th Aug 2018
Management
Acromegaly: Overview of diagnosis and management

<p class="subheadMIstyles"> <div style="background: #e8edf0; padding: 10px 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong>Case report</strong> A 62-year-old man was...

By Dr Oratile Kgosidialwa, SpR in Endocrinology; and Prof Amar Agha, Consultant Endocrinologist, Beaumont Hospital and the RCSI, Dublin - 30th Aug 2018
Management
Schizophrenia: Causes, treatments and outcomes

Schizophrenia is a common mental illness that has significant effects, not only on patients and families,...

By Prof Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin - 20th Aug 2018
Management
Psoriatic arthritis: A common but frequently under-recognised deforming arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis belongs to an umbrella group termed as ‘spondyloarthritis’ (SpA), which is used to describe...

By Dr Muhammad Haroon, Consultant Rheumatologist, University Hospital Kerry, Tralee - 17th Jul 2018
Management
Irish pain management programme for GPs

Chronic or persistent pain is any type of pain that lasts more than three months.<sup>1</sup> As...

By Mindo - 20th Jun 2018
Management
Male LUTS: Confronting an age-old conundrum

Male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are a common complaint affecting quality of life (QoL). They...

By Mr Asadullah Aslam, Registrar, and Mr Syed Jaffry, Consultant Urologist, Department of Urology, Galway University Hospital - 24th May 2018
Management
Anxiety disorders — diagnosis and management

<div style="background: #e8edf0; padding: 10px 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong>Case Report</strong> Jennifer is a 22-year-old engineering student...

By Dr Allen Bulfin, Registrar in Psychiatry, Newcastle Hospital, Newtonmountkennedy, Co Wicklow, and Dr Stephen McWilliams, Consultant Psychiatrist and author, Saint John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin - 04th May 2018
Management
Medication non-adherence in type 2 diabetes

More than 225,000 people in Ireland have diabetes. But according to the most recent Healthy Ireland...

By Ms Angela O'Connor, Community Diabetes Nurse Specialist, Diabetes in General Practice Ltd, University College Cork - 24th Apr 2018
Management
Acromegaly – rare but very dangerous if not treated promptly

Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder that develops when the pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone...

By Dr Mary Ryan, Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, Bon Secours Hospital Limerick at Barringtons, and Aut Even Hospital, Kilkenny, and Senior Clinical Lecturer in University of Limerick Medical School - 24th Apr 2018
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Management

Respiratory
Continuing improvements in asthma management

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. The term ‘asthma’ was first used by...

By Dr Seamus Linnane, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Beacon Hospital, Dublin; and Dr Lorraine Thong, SpR in Respiratory Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin - 14th Mar 2018
ISMO

Management

Oncology
Optimising successful cancer pain management

Dr Jenny Power and Dr Michael Lucey highlight the challenges faced in effective control of complex...

By Dr Jenny Power, SpR in Palliative Medicine; and Dr Michael Lucey, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Milford Care Centre, Limerick - 02nd Mar 2018

Diagnosing and managing adult type 1 diabetes

Chronic kidney disease and diabetes – a silent epidemic

Acromegaly: Overview of diagnosis and management

Schizophrenia: Causes, treatments and outcomes

Psoriatic arthritis: A common but frequently under-recognised deforming arthritis

Irish pain management programme for GPs

Male LUTS: Confronting an age-old conundrum

Anxiety disorders — diagnosis and management

Medication non-adherence in type 2 diabetes

Acromegaly – rare but very dangerous if not treated promptly

Continuing improvements in asthma management

Optimising successful cancer pain management

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