3 results match your criteria: "Mater Miscericordiae University Hospital[Affiliation]"

Hepatocellular cancer: the impact of obesity, type 2 diabetes and a multidisciplinary team.

J Hepatol

January 2014

The Liver Group, Department of Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Hepatopancreatobiliary Team, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. Electronic address:

Background & Aims: Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) commonly complicates chronic liver disease and increases in incidence have been reported despite falling prevalences of viral hepatitis.

Methods: Following the introduction of centralised specialist teams to manage patients with cancer in England, we characterised the demographics of patients with HCC referred to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust between 2000 and 2010. Regional HCC mortality data was from Public Health England.

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Demographics of acute admissions to a National Spinal Injuries Unit.

Eur Spine J

July 2009

National Spinal Injuries Unit, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mater Miscericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

This prospective demographic study was undertaken to review the epidemiology and demographics of all acute admissions to the National Spinal Injuries Unit in Ireland for the 5 years to 2003. The study was conducted at the National Spinal Injuries Unit, Mater Miscericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Records of all patients admitted to our unit from 1999 to 2003 were compiled from a prospective computerized spinal database.

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