Publications by authors named "M R Fenlon"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how the composition of salivary proteins relates to the onset and severity of oral mucositis (OM) in patients undergoing intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer.
- A longitudinal analysis was conducted on 40 patients, comparing saliva samples and clinical data before and after treatment, revealing that a significant majority experienced OM, and several salivary proteins were linked to OM outcomes.
- The findings suggest a potential for using specific salivary proteins as biomarkers for OM, paving the way for personalized medicine approaches to enhance patients' quality of life.
Aim: Report the outcomes of pregnant women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes and to identify modifiable and non-modifiable factors associated with poor outcomes.
Methods: Retrospective analysis of pregnancy preparedness, pregnancy care and outcomes in the Republic of Ireland from 2015 to 2020 and subsequent multivariate analysis.
Results: In total 1104 pregnancies were included.
Purpose: To investigate the psychologic morbidities associated with tooth loss despite treatment with technically successful dentures.
Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study compared the psychologic disturbance and functional difficulties in two groups: individuals with tooth loss who wore optimal-quality removable dentures (test group), and individuals with tooth loss who did not wear dentures (control group). The questionnaire used was developed and validated previously.
Introduction Patients are often keen to replace their missing teeth after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer (HNC), yet such replacement does not always take place.Aims This study aimed to investigate the influences on dentists' provision of dentures for patients treated with radiotherapy for HNC, including whether risk of osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is a factor influencing intention to provide dentures.Methods An online cross-sectional survey including a case scenario, self-reported behaviour and measures of factors (selected using the theoretical domains framework) that may affect dentists' decisions was completed by general dental practitioners (n = 150) and HNC multidisciplinary team dentists (n = 25) in England.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate factors impacting transplant-free survival among infants with biliary atresia.
Methods: A multi-institutional, retrospective cohort study was performed at nine tertiary-level children's hospitals in the United States. Infants who underwent Kasai portoenterostomy (KP) from January 2009 to May 2017 were identified.