Publications by authors named "Alice Brennan"
Aims: In Ireland, 8% of public cardiology consultants are female; this is the lowest proportion in Europe. We sought to understand perceptions amongst Irish trainees and consultants regarding aspects of working in cardiology in order to identify areas that can be targeted to improve gender equality.
Methods And Results: In September 2021, the Irish Cardiac Society distributed a questionnaire to trainees and consultants in the Republic and Northern Ireland.
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- A Delphi consensus methodology was employed to adapt the Social Responsiveness Scale-2 (SRS-2) specifically for deaf children, including those who primarily use sign language, with input from 27 international experts on autism in deaf individuals.
- The modified tool, known as "SRS-2 Deaf adaptation," underwent rigorous translation into British Sign Language and was validated with a sample of 198 deaf children to compare its effectiveness against established clinical assessments.
- Results showed the SRS-2 Deaf adaptation had strong reliability and validity, with a sensitivity of 82% and specificity of 67%, indicating it performs comparably to existing ASD screening instruments for hearing children.
Aim: The GuideLiner (GL) is a widely used catheter primarily in complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Deep seating of the GL and distal stent placement may be facilitated by the anchor-balloon technique (ABT).
Methods: We aimed to prospectively analyze procedural details, technical success, complications and in-hospital outcome in patients who underwent PCI using the GL catheter and the ABT.
Anhydrous alkali sulfide (M S, M=Li or Na) nanocrystals (NCs) are important materials central to the development of next generation cathodes and solid-state electrolytes for advanced batteries, but not commercially available at present. This work reports an innovative method to directly synthesize M S NCs through alcohol-mediated reactions between alkali metals and hydrogen sulfide (H S). In the first step, the alkali metal is complexed with alcohol in solution, forming metal alkoxide (ROM) and releasing hydrogen (H ).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFor many situations involving a mental health crisis, carers (e.g. family or friends) are present and either attempt to help the person overcome the crisis or request assistance from professional services (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe manner in which people with mental illness are supported in a crisis is crucial to their recovery. The current study explored mental health consumers' experiences with formal crisis services (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: To determine if newer criteria for diagnosing and staging acute kidney injury (AKI) during heart failure (HF) admission are more predictive of clinical outcomes at 30 days and 1 year than the traditional worsening renal function (WRF) definition.
Methods: We analyzed prospectively collected clinical data on 637 HF admissions with 30-day and 1-year follow-up. The incidence, stages, and outcomes of AKI were determined using the following four definitions: KDIGO, RIFLE, AKIN, and WRF (serum creatinine rise ≥0.