4 results match your criteria: "University of Limerick (UL) and University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL)[Affiliation]"
A risk-prediction model using parameters of maternal body composition to identify gestational diabetes mellitus in early pregnancy.
Clin Nutr ESPEN
October 2021
Health Research Institute (HRI), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL), Limerick, Ireland.
Background: Accurate early risk-prediction for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) would target intervention and prevention in women at the highest risk. We evaluated maternal risk-factors and parameters of body-composition to develop a prediction model for GDM in early gestation.
Methods: A prospective observational study was undertaken.
Maternal obesity and degree of glucose intolerance on neonatal hypoglycaemia and birth weight: a retrospective observational cohort study in women with gestational diabetes mellitus.
Eur J Pediatr
April 2020
Health Research Institute (HRI), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an increasing problem worldwide. Postnatal hypoglycaemia and excess foetal growth are known important metabolic complications of neonates born to women with diabetes. This retrospective cohort study aims to determine the influence of obesity and glucose intolerance on neonatal hypoglycaemia and birth weight over the 90th percentile (LGA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInter and intra-reliability of ultrasonography for the measurement of abdominal subcutaneous & visceral adipose tissue thickness at 12 weeks gestation.
BMC Med Imaging
December 2019
Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Background: Excess abdominal adiposity cause metabolic disturbances, particularly in pregnancy. Methods of accurate measurement are limited in pregnancy due to risks associated with these procedures. This study outlines a non-invasive methodology for the measurement of adipose tissue in pregnancy and determines the intra- and inter-observer reliability of ultrasound (US) measurements of the two components of adipose tissue (subcutaneous (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT)) within a pregnant population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpiritual care in neonatology: analysis of emergency baptisms in an Irish neonatal unit over 15 years.
Ir J Med Sci
May 2019
Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS), University of Limerick (UL) and University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL), Limerick, V94 C566, Ireland.
Background: Emergency baptism remains an important emotional and spiritual element for many parents of critically ill infants in the neonatal unit. There is no published data available as to which neonates are baptised and their outcomes.
Objectives: To evaluate trends, outcomes and characteristics of newborn infants baptised over a 15-year period in an Irish maternity hospital.