Publications by authors named "M J O'Doherty"
Small bowel obstruction (SBO) remains the most common diagnosis encountered by general surgeons, with 70% of cases related to adhesions from previous abdominal surgeries. Less common etiologies include Crohn's disease, gallstone ileus, and Meckel's diverticulum (MD). While MD is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract, it is less frequently considered as a cause in adults.
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- The European Mortality Monitoring Network (EuroMOMO) noticed more people are dying than usual since late November 2023.
- In the early weeks of 2024, there were about 95 extra deaths for every 100,000 people in Europe, mostly affecting adults aged 45 and older.
- This rise in deaths seems to be happening because of a lot of illnesses like COVID-19, flu, and RSV during the winter season.
Water oxidation is a bottleneck reaction for the establishment of solar-to-fuel energy conversion systems. Earth-abundant metal-based polyoxometalates are promising heterogeneous water oxidation catalysts that can operate in a wide pH range. However, detailed structure-reactivity relationships are not yet comprehensively understood, hampering the design and synthesis of more effective polyoxometalate-based oxidation catalysts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The universal paediatric live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) programme commenced in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2013/2014. Since 2014/2015, all pre-school and primary school children in Scotland and Northern Ireland have been offered the vaccine. England and Wales incrementally introduced the programme with additional school age cohorts being vaccinated each season.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nebulized therapies form an important component of treatment in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). It is important for people with CF to continue to take their nebulized medications when traveling.
Methods: A self-completing anonymous questionnaire was developed, as part of a quality improvement project, to support people with CF educational needs when traveling.