Publications by authors named "M Healy"
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- Residents are required to engage in practice-based learning, typically through a patient follow-up log, but a new approach called the Patient Follow-Up Report (PFUR) was developed to enhance this process.
- The PFUR is an automated monthly email report generated from electronic medical records, categorizing patient cases for better tracking, including those readmitted, diagnosed, expired, or flagged for follow-up.
- After six months of using the PFUR, it significantly improved patient follow-up numbers, with 90% of residents preferring it over the previous method, as they found it valuable for both education and clinical care.
The determination of endogenous steroids in hair and fur: A systematic review of methodologies.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol
February 2025
Background: Endogenous steroid hormone assessment is essential for clinical practice. These hormones are typically measured in blood. More recently, measurement of steroids in hair samples has been gaining in popularity, so we have reviewed the methodologies used for this to-date.
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- Researchers studied children in Ireland admitted to pediatric ICU for COVID-19 or related conditions between January 2020 and August 2022 to understand illness severity and outcomes.
- Out of 127 children, the majority had acute COVID-19 (68.5%) or Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (30.7%), with those in the PIMS-TS group requiring more intensive cardiac support.
- Despite the high incidence of cardiac issues during hospitalization, all patients survived and showed normal heart function upon discharge.
This study assesses the concentrations of a range of antibiotics in riverine and transitional sediments in Ireland. A selection of 12 macrolide, fluoroquinolone, sulphonamide, and diaminopyrimidine antibiotics were quantified in 80 grab surficial sediment samples from around Ireland, selected to investigate areas of potentially higher pollution risk (agriculture, aquaculture, industrial emissions, and wastewater emission points) as well as isolated areas where there are no known pollution sources. Several of the macrolides and sulphonamides/trimethoprim were generally detected more frequently above limits of quantification (LoQ).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTeaching faculty request timely feedback from residents to improve their skills. Yet even with anonymous processes, this upward feedback can be difficult to obtain as residents raise concerns about identification and repercussions. To examine faculty perception of the quality and content of feedback from residents after increasing anonymity and sacrificing timeliness.
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