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ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital

ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital

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St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group Limited - Annual Review 2007 Department - Medicine for the Elderly Hospital developments in the future will help provide a more seamless service with the Emergency Department and the community in order to reduce or prevent hospital admission with this service. The Royal Hospital Donnybrook The Royal Hospital Donnybrook makes a very important contribution to the rehabilitation of our elderly patients. There are 40 rehabilitation beds in this unit and 12 are now dedicated to stroke rehabilitation. The Day Hospital at the Royal in Donnybrook continues to provide outstanding care and outpatient rehabilitation services to those with multidisciplinary needs. The long established links with long-term care facilities continue to evolve through the dedicated work of Dr Mary Deane, Medical Director. Staffing Close liaison is maintained with St. Columcille’s Hospital, Department of Medicine for the Elderly under the direction of Dr. Morgan Crowe and Dr. Rachael Doyle with St Michael’s Hospital under the direction of Dr J.J. Barry. Additional consultant posts are being looked for, to improve the service delivery in St. Vincent’s University Hospital. Welcome to Ms Hilda Markey CNM II on Our Lady’s Ward and Ms Therese Carey, CNM II in Carew Day Hospital who were appointed during the year. We look forward to their contribution and work in the ongoing development of these services. Achievements / Conferences Attended Congratulations to Ms. Imelda Noone who has been accredited as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Stroke Care and has also has had the position of Clinical Nurse Specialist in Stroke sanctioned. Dr. Kevin McCarroll won 2nd place for his poster presentation at the 55th Annual Irish Gerontological Society meeting in Croke Park – “Acute Hospital Readmission Rates for Elderly following Discharge from Hospital”. The multidisciplinary team members attended The 2nd UK Stroke Forum in Harrogate, Annual Care of the Elderly Study Day, The Irish Gerontological Society Conference, Irish Heart Foundation Stroke Study Day and the Annual British Geriatric Society Meeting. The Fifth Annual Care of the Elderly Study Day took place in March 2007 in the Education & Research Centre, St. Vincent’s University Hospital. This year it focused on more general topics and was attended by 90 people. This is now be a regular study day in the teaching calendar. Publications / Abstracts Presented at Irish Gerontological Society Meeting 2007 and published in Irish Journal of Medical Science 1. Acute hospital readmission rates for elderly following discharge to long-term care facilities. 2. Mortality of patients discharged from hospital to long-term care. 3. Role of telecare & assistive technology in facilitating home living. 4. An audit on the prevalence of incontinence in the acute hospital setting. 5. Atrial fibrillation as a major risk factor for stroke in patients over 80 years of age. 6. Stroke Activity in the acute hospital setting. 7. What happens to stroke patients discharged to extended nursing care. Return to Contents 198

Department of Nephrology Staff Consultant Nephrologist: Dr. Alan Watson Specialist Registrar: Dr. Gearoid Mc Mahon Registrars: Dr. Mohammad Faisal Khan Dr. James Lineen CNM I: Michelle Mc Quaid Newman Scholar: Dr. Simon Curran Principal Clinical Engineer: Frank Kelly Clinical Nurse Specialists in Peritoneal Dialysis: Bairbre Moynihan Emer Kenny Department Secretary: Jeni Messitt Significant publications Acute renal disease, as defined by the RIFLE criteria, post liver transplant: O’Riordan A, Wong V, McQuillan R, McCormick PA, Hegarty JE, Watson AJ. American Journal of Transplantation, 7, 168 – 176, 2007 The effect of calcimimetic therapy and serum bone biomarkers: Curran S, O’Riordan A, Murray B, Brady J, Watson A. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 18,922a 2007. Comparison of the dosage regimens and achieved clinical targets between haemodialysis patients treated with Epoetin Beta and Darbepoetin Alpha: Curran S, O’Riordan A, Watson A. Proceedings of the Irish Nephrology Society, Irish Journal of Medical Science* 2007. Squamous cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis after curative retro peritoneal radiotherapy for seminoma: Daly BJ, O’ Brien F, Dowling C, Crotty B, Watson A, Moriarty M, Mulvin D. Journal of Urology 70:812 2007. Future Service Developments Chronic Kidney Disease Programme. This programme has progressed and a new Clinical Nurse Specialist has been appointment. The Central Reverse Osmosis Unit has been installed in the St. Peter’s Dialysis Unit replacing individual units to allow for sufficiently pure water to be provided to enable online haemodiafiltration to be provided as a further modality of treatment of end stage renal disease. Outpatients Clinics: there are now three Outpatients Clinics a week allowing for development of speciality clinics eg: transplantation, peritoneal dialysis. Departmental Statistics Total HD Treatments in 2007: 9,800 Total PD patients in 2007: 27 Return to Contents 199

Department of Nephrology<br />

<strong>St</strong>aff<br />

Consultant Nephrologist: Dr. Alan Watson<br />

Specialist Registrar:<br />

Dr. Gearoid Mc Mahon<br />

Registrars: Dr. Mohammad Faisal Khan Dr. James Lineen<br />

CNM I:<br />

Michelle Mc Quaid<br />

Newman Scholar:<br />

Dr. Simon Curran<br />

Principal Clinical Engineer: Frank Kelly<br />

Clinical Nurse Specialists in<br />

Peritoneal Dialysis: Bairbre Moynihan Emer Kenny<br />

Department Secretary:<br />

Jeni Messitt<br />

Significant publications<br />

Acute renal disease, as defined by the RIFLE criteria, post liver transplant: O’Riordan A, Wong<br />

V, McQuillan R, McCormick PA, Hegarty JE, Watson AJ.<br />

American Journal of Transplantation, 7, 168 – 176, 2007<br />

The effect of calcimimetic therapy and serum bone biomarkers: Curran S, O’Riordan A, Murray B, Brady<br />

J, Watson A. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 18,922a 2007.<br />

Comparison of the dosage regimens and achieved clinical targets between haemodialysis patients treated<br />

with Epoetin Beta and Darbepoetin Alpha: Curran S, O’Riordan A, Watson A.<br />

Proceedings of the Irish Nephrology Society, Irish Journal of Medical Science* 2007.<br />

Squamous cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis after curative retro peritoneal radiotherapy for seminoma:<br />

Daly BJ, O’ Brien F, Dowling C, Crotty B, Watson A, Moriarty M, Mulvin D. Journal of Urology 70:812 2007.<br />

Future Service Developments<br />

Chronic Kidney Disease Programme. This programme has progressed and a new Clinical Nurse Specialist<br />

has been appointment.<br />

The Central Reverse Osmosis Unit has been installed in the <strong>St</strong>. Peter’s Dialysis Unit replacing individual units<br />

to allow for sufficiently pure water to be provided to enable online haemodiafiltration to be provided as a<br />

further modality of treatment of end stage renal disease.<br />

Outpatients Clinics: there are now three Outpatients Clinics a week allowing for development of speciality<br />

clinics eg: transplantation, peritoneal dialysis.<br />

Departmental <strong>St</strong>atistics<br />

Total HD Treatments in 2007: 9,800 Total PD patients in 2007: 27<br />

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