Publications by authors named "Claire Mary Buckley"
Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major risk factor for stroke. There is a fivefold increase in stroke risk in the presence of AF. The irregular beating of the heart enables blood stasis which allows clots to form.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To understand the impact of emergency department (ED) reconfiguration on the number of patients waiting for hospital beds on trolleys in the remaining EDs in four geographical regions in Ireland using time-series analysis.
Setting: EDs in four Irish regions; the West, North-East, South and Mid-West from 2005 to 2015.
Participants: All patients counted as waiting on trolleys in an ED for a hospital bed in the study hospitals from 2005 to 2015.
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- The study aimed to compare the risk of lower extremity amputation (LEA) in individuals with diabetes, focusing on those with and without comorbid depression.
- A systematic review of literature was conducted, analyzing data from seven studies involving 767,997 patients, which showed that individuals with diabetes and depression had a higher hazard of LEA (HR 1.76) than those without depression.
- The findings suggest a significant link between depression and increased LEA risk in diabetes patients, emphasizing the need for more research to guide clinical interventions.