"It's a waiting game" a qualitative study of the experience of carers of patients who require an alternate level of care.

Background: Delayed hospital discharge (also known as Alternate Level of Care or ALC) is a global health care quality issue with negative implications for people (e.g., functional decline) and the health care system (e.

Dental Attendance Among Adults at High Risk for Oral Cancer.

Purpose: To assess the relationship between high risk oral cancer patients - age ≥45 years, male gender, smoking, higher alcohol consumption - and dental attendance.

Materials And Methods: Data were analysed from the SLÁN 2007 dataset of 10,364 adults living in Ireland. Binary logistic regression was used to determine the odds ratios for identified risk factors for oral cancer and attendance at a dental professional within the preceding 12 months.

Management of primary molar infraocclusion in general practice.

Unlabelled: Statement of the problem: Infraoccluded primary molars can be managed in general dental practice but clinicians need to understand when intervention is necessary.

Purpose Of The Study: To review the current literature on infraocclusion in primary molars, and to demonstrate diagnosis and management strategies for general dental practitioners.

Methods And Materials: Current literature was sourced via PubMed search using multiple key words.

One thousand renal transplants in Belfast (1968-1998).

The first kidney transplant was performed in Belfast in 1968. During the next 30 years 1,000 transplants were undertaken at this unit. Data were analysed on 937 cadaveric transplants, 815 first and 122 regrafts.

One thousand renal transplants at Belfast City Hospital: post-graft neoplasia 1968-1999, comparing azathioprine only with cyclosporin-based regimes in a single centre.

From 1968-1999, 868 recipients of 1,000 renal transplants were followed up for neoplasia. Altogether, 102 tumours were diagnosed in 94 patients (11.8% incidence).