Social inequalities in height: persisting differences today depend upon height of the parents.

Autor: Bruna Galobardes, Valerie A McCormack, Peter McCarron, Laura D Howe, John Lynch, Debbie A Lawlor, George Davey Smith

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 1, p e29118 (2012)

Substantial increases in height have occurred concurrently with economic development in most populations during the last century. In high-income countries, environmental exposures that can limit genetic growth potential appear to have lessened, and v

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A Neurodisparity Index of Nationwide Access to Neurological Health Care in Northern Ireland

Autor: Raeburn B Forbes, Luke Vincent McCarron, Mark O. McCarron, Paul Burns, Michael McCormick, Fiona Mullan, Mike Clarke, Ferghal McVerry, Peter McCarron

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Neurology, Vol 12 (2021)
Frontiers in Neurology
McCarron, M O, Clarke, M, Burns, P, McCormick, M, McCarron, P, Forbes, R B, McCarron, L V, Mullan, F & McVerry, F 2021, ' A Neurodisparity Index of Nationwide Access to Neurological Health Care in Northern Ireland ', Frontiers in Neurology, vol. 12, 608070 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.608070

Nationwide disparities in managing neurological patients have rarely been reported. We compared neurological health care between the population who reside in a Health and Social Care Trust with a tertiary neuroscience center and those living in the f

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.608070/full

Clinical and diagnostic findings in patients with elevated cerebrospinal bilirubin

Autor: Peter McCarron, Mark O. McCarron, Ferghal McVerry, Gavin McCluskey, Mark Lynch, Maurice O'Kane, Jacqueline McKee

Publikováno v: Postgraduate Medical Journal. 91:675-680

Introduction Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spectroscopy can identify subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) when CT is negative in patients presenting with acute severe headache. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical use and usefulness

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https://doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133360

Teaching recovery to medical students

Autor: Peter McCarron, Larkin Feeney, Iain Jordan

Publikováno v: Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. 36:35-41

OBJECTIVES: Community mental health services are evolving toward more holistic, patient-centered, recovery-based practices. This change necessitates an attitudinal shift from mental health workers, and training in recovery principles is helpful in ac

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https://doi.org/10.1037/h0094745

The finding of reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate is associated with increased mortality in a large UK population

Autor: Peter McCarron, Alexander P. Maxwell, Michael P. Quinn, Frank Kee, Christopher Cardwell, Damian Fogarty, Gerard Savage

Publikováno v: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 26:875-880

Background. CKD as defined by KDIGO/KDOQI has been shown to affect ∼8.5% of the UK population. The prevalence of CKD in the UK is similar to that in the USA, yet incident dialysis rates are dramatically different. This retrospective cohort study in

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https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfq505