Social deprivation and paediatric chronic pain referrals in Ireland: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: Social deprivation is associated with a higher prevalence of chronic pain in children and an under-representation in specialist paediatric chronic pain programs. Our primary objective was to determine if there was a relationship between social deprivation and paediatric chronic pain referrals in Ireland. Secondary objectives included analysing for differences between deprivation groups in pain characteristics and function that are recorded at first clinic visit.

Narcolepsy in children and young people in Ireland: 2006-2017.

Aim: To describe the population of young people in Ireland diagnosed with narcolepsy with regards to vaccine exposure, symptomatology, investigation results and experience of medical treatment.

Method: Retrospective review of medical records at the single tertiary referral centre for young people with narcolepsy in Ireland.

Results: Sixty-seven patients were diagnosed with narcolepsy between July 2006 and July 2017.